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michaeluskov
michaeluskov

Reputation: 1828

Can't get the value of variable out of WHILE in BASH

I've got a code:

od -An -t x1 <"$file" |       
while read line;do               
  for char in $line;do  
    if [ $needspace -eq 0 ]
    then 
      export  hexs=$hexs`printf "%.2s" "$char"` 
      needspace=1
    else
      export hexs=$hexs`printf "%.2s " "$char"`    
      needspace=0  
    fi
    if [ `printf "%d" "0x$char" ` -lt 32 ] || [ `printf "%d" "0x$char"` -gt 126 ]
    then
      text=$text.
    else
      text=$text`echo -e "\x$char"`  
    fi
    charsnow=$(($charsnow+1))
  done  
  sup=1   
  echo $sup
done
echo $sup

The problem is: first echo $sup writes 1 But second echo $sup writes nothing. Why can't I get $sup out of "while"?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 153

Answers (1)

ormaaj
ormaaj

Reputation: 6577

You have a subshell, so side-effects can't occur. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/024

Upvotes: 3

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