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# 1  
Old 10-23-2012
Bash won't exit as expected
Hi there,

following code snippet should output nothing, IMHO. But the result is "THE END".
Code:
#!/bin/bash

if true ; then
exit

fi | grep "somesearchstring"

echo "THE END"

using bash 4.1.9(1)

Bug or feature?

Hagen
# 2  
Old 10-23-2012
If you don't know already, the 2 command lines on either side of the pipe run in sub-shells. So, that exit only exits from the corresponding sub-shell and not the parent shell.
Last edited by elixir_sinari; 10-23-2012 at 11:36 AM..
# 3  
Old 10-23-2012
Code:
#!/bin/bash

if true ; then

    exit

fi
#fi | grep "somesearchstring"

echo "THE END"

# 4  
Old 10-23-2012
Thanks for your quick responses, really impressing...

So there's no chance to exit the script from within the if-condition block, when the result is piped?
# 5  
Old 10-23-2012
What are you trying to achieve? May be that (the purpose) will elicit proper answers.
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# 6  
Old 10-23-2012
A part of my script is running conditionally ('if' statement), and I want to filter out (by means of 'grep -v') an expression from the whole block which can be a result of several commands.

But there might be a condition where I'd like to exit the script from inside the if-block. That could be achieved by 'kill $$' or something like that, but I'm looking for a "clean" solution - not resulting in any "Terminated" messages etc.
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