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[Erez D]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> how can i pipe one command to another and get the return value from the
> first
>
> e.g.
> make | tee log ; x=$?
>
> x holds the return value of 'tee'
> however i want the return value of 'make'
>
>
> any idea ?
>
>
> i should have searched better ...

i found it using $PIPESTATUS[0] ...


cheers,
erez.
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