Re: [question] && chaining vs shell loops

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Max Kirillov <max@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> As far as I can see, loops in shell ignore non-zero exit
> codes of the bodies which are not last. For example, exit
> code of command 'for f in false true; do $f; done' is 0,
> even if there was false.

There is nothing special with loops, that's how the exit code of
compound commands is defined in general: it's the exit code of the last
executed command.

Andreas.

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