On Feb 03 2018, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> wrote: > What is "declare -g" good for ? -g create global variables when used in a shell function; otherwise ignored When used in a function, `declare' makes NAMEs local, as with the `local' command. The `-g' option suppresses this behavior. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."