Re: Different variable assignments

On 19.10.2024 13:45, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <vec3qb$3q4ms$3@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:50:10 +0200, Frank Winkler wrote:
>

... but it still doesn't solve the issue that I need the result to be
visible in the parent shell.

>
   coproc { uname -sr; }
   read -u ${COPROC[0]} var3
   wait $COPROC_PID
   echo $var3

 
I'm actually a fan of "coproc" in bash, and I use it in my scripting, but I
think it is overkill in most cases.  [...]

Also, if above code is how to use co-processes in Bash, I consider
that extremely clumsy (if compared to, say, Ksh).

(Mileages may vary, of course.)

Janis