exit status of command in a pipe line - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

radoulov · #11 (**permalink**) 10-19-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by rakeshou

set -o pipefail doesnt seem to work on SunOS 5.8

Code:

bash-2.03$ uname
SunOS
bash-2.03$ set -o pipefail
bash: set: pipefail: unknown option name

[...]

Yes,
it's a new feature of bash Bash-3.0.

Quote:

echo $PIPESTATUS works on bash but not on ksh

Code:

bash-2.05$ ls -l rakesh | tail -5
rakesh: No such file or directory
bash-2.05$ echo $PIPESTATUS
2

Hm ...., I said bash and zsh.
I said that the pipefail option is available in ksh93 (not ksh88)!