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builtin command </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_3> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_3 id=__nav_3_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Dict </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_3_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_3> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Dict </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/directory/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Directory </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/end_of_options/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> End of Options </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/exit_status/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Exit Status </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/file/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> File </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/filetimes/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> File timestamp </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/globbing/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Globbing </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/hardlink/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Hardlink </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/interpreter_directive/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Interpreter Directive </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/parameter/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Parameter </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/posix/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> POSIX </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/shell/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Shell </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/special_file/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Special file </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../dict/symlink/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Symlink </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_4> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_4 id=__nav_4_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Howto </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_4_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_4> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Howto </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/calculate-dc/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Calculating with dc </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/collapsing_functions/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Collapsing Functions </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/conffile/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Config files for your script </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/dissectabadoneliner/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Dissect a bad oneliner </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/edit-ed/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Editing files via scripts with ed </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/getopts_tutorial/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Small getopts tutorial </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/mutex/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Lock your script (against parallel execution) </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/pax/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> pax - the POSIX archiver </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/redirection_tutorial/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Illustrated Redirection Tutorial </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../howto/testing-your-scripts/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Testing your scripts </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_5> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_5 id=__nav_5_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Internals </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_5_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_5> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Internals </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../internals/shell_options/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> List of shell options </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_6> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_6 id=__nav_6_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Misc </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_6_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_6> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Misc </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../misc/bashphorisms/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The Bashphorisms </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../misc/readthesourceluke/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Readthesourceluke </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../misc/shell_humor/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Shell Humor </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--active md-nav__item--section md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_7 checked> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_7 id=__nav_7_label tabindex> <span class=md-ellipsis> Scripting </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_7_label aria-expanded=true> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_7> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Scripting </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../bashbehaviour/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash's behaviour </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../bashchanges/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash changes </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../basics/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The basics of shell scripting </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../debuggingtips/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Debugging a script </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../newbie_traps/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Beginner Mistakes </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../nonportable/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Portability talk </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../obsolete/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Obsolete and deprecated syntax </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../posparams/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Handling positional parameters </span> </a> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--active"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" type=checkbox id=__toc> <label class="md-nav__link md-nav__link--active" for=__toc> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash and the process tree </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <a href=./ class="md-nav__link md-nav__link--active"> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash and the process tree </span> </a> <nav class="md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label="Table of contents"> <label class=md-nav__title for=__toc> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Table of contents </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-component=toc data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#the-process-tree class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The process tree </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#executing-programs class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Executing programs </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#bash-playing-with-pipes class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash playing with pipes </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#actions-that-create-a-subshell class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Actions that create a subshell </span> </a> <nav class=md-nav aria-label="Actions that create a subshell"> <ul class=md-nav__list> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#executing-commands class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Executing commands </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#pipes class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Pipes </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#explicit-subshell class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Explicit subshell </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#command-substitution class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Command substitution </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../style/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Scripting with style </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../terminalcodes/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Terminal codes (ANSI/VT100) introduction </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_8> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_8 id=__nav_8_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Snipplets </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_8_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_8> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Snipplets </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Small code snipplets </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/add_color_to_your_scripts/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Add Color to your scripts </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/awkcsv/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Using awk to deal with CSV that uses quoted/unquoted delimiters </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/filesize/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Show size of a file </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/kill_bg_job_without_message/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Kill a background job without a message </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/largestfile/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Get largest file </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/pause_command/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Pausing a script (like MSDOS pause command) </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/prargs/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Print argument list for testing </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/print_horizontal_line/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Print a horizontal line </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/rndstr/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Print a random string or select random elements </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/screen_saverestore/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Save and restore terminal/screen content </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/ssh_fetchkeys/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Fetching SSH hostkeys without interaction </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/ssh_local_var/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Run some bash commands with SSH remotely using local variables </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/wrapperargs/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Generate code with own arguments properly quoted </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../snipplets/xclip/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> X-Clipboard on Commandline </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_9> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_9 id=__nav_9_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Syntax </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=1 aria-labelledby=__nav_9_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_9> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Syntax </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/arith_expr/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Arithmetic expressions </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/arrays/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Arrays </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/basicgrammar/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Basic grammar rules of Bash </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/pattern/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Patterns and pattern matching </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/pe/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Parameter expansion </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/quoting/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Quotes and escaping </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/redirection/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Redirection </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/shellvars/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Special parameters and shell variables </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/words/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Words... </span> </a> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_9_10> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_9_10 id=__nav_9_10_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Ccmd </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=2 aria-labelledby=__nav_9_10_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_9_10> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Ccmd </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/arithmetic_eval/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Arithmetic evaluation (command) </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/c_for/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The C-style for-loop </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/case/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The case statement </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/classic_for/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The classic for-loop </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/conditional_expression/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The conditional expression </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/grouping_plain/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Grouping commands </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/grouping_subshell/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Grouping commands in a subshell </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/if_clause/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The if-clause </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/intro/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash compound commands </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/until_loop/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The until loop </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/user_select/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> User selections </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/ccmd/while_loop/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The while-loop </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_9_11> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_9_11 id=__nav_9_11_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Expansion </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=2 aria-labelledby=__nav_9_11_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_9_11> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Expansion </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/arith/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Arithmetic expansion </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/brace/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Brace expansion </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/cmdsubst/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Command substitution </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/globs/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Pathname expansion (globbing) </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/intro/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Expansions and substitutions </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/proc_subst/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Process substitution </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/tilde/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Tilde expansion </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/expansion/wordsplit/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Word splitting </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_9_12> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_9_12 id=__nav_9_12_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Grammar </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=2 aria-labelledby=__nav_9_12_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_9_12> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Grammar </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/grammar/parser_exec/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Parser exec </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested"> <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type=checkbox id=__nav_9_13> <label class=md-nav__link for=__nav_9_13 id=__nav_9_13_label tabindex=0> <span class=md-ellipsis> Keywords </span> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> </label> <nav class=md-nav data-md-level=2 aria-labelledby=__nav_9_13_label aria-expanded=false> <label class=md-nav__title for=__nav_9_13> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Keywords </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../syntax/keywords/coproc/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The coproc keyword </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=../../tags/ class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Tags </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-sidebar md-sidebar--secondary" data-md-component=sidebar data-md-type=toc> <div class=md-sidebar__scrollwrap> <div class=md-sidebar__inner> <nav class="md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label="Table of contents"> <label class=md-nav__title for=__toc> <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span> Table of contents </label> <ul class=md-nav__list data-md-component=toc data-md-scrollfix> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#the-process-tree class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> The process tree </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#executing-programs class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Executing programs </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#bash-playing-with-pipes class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Bash playing with pipes </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#actions-that-create-a-subshell class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Actions that create a subshell 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0 0 1 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0 0 1-2.5 2.5M9.27 20H6V4h7v5h5v4.07c.7.08 1.36.25 2 .49V8l-6-6H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v16a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h4.5a8.2 8.2 0 0 1-1.23-2"/></svg> </a> <h1 id=bash-and-the-process-tree>Bash and the process tree<a class=headerlink href=#bash-and-the-process-tree title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1> <h2 id=the-process-tree>The process tree<a class=headerlink href=#the-process-tree title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>The processes in UNIX&reg; are - unlike other systems - <strong>organized as a tree</strong>. Every process has a parent process that started, or is responsible, for it. Every process has its own <strong>context memory</strong> (Not the memory where the process stores its data, rather, the memory where data is stored that doesn't directly belong to the process, but is needed to run the process) i.e. <u><strong>The environment</strong></u>.</p> <p>Every process has its <strong>own</strong> environment space.</p> <p>The environment stores, among other things, data that's useful to us, the <strong>environment variables</strong>. These are strings in common <code>NAME=VALUE</code> form, but they are not related to shell variables. A variable named <code>LANG</code>, for example, is used by every program that looks it up in its environment to determinate the current locale.</p> <p><u><strong>Attention:</strong></u> A variable that is set, like with <code>MYVAR=Hello</code>, is <strong>not</strong> automatically part of the environment. You need to put it into the environment with the bash builtin command <code>export</code>:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>export MYVAR
</code></pre></div> <p>Common system variables like <a href=../../syntax/shellvars/#PATH>PATH</a> or <a href=../../syntax/shellvars/#HOME>HOME</a> are usually part of the environment (as set by login scripts or programs).</p> <h2 id=executing-programs>Executing programs<a class=headerlink href=#executing-programs title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>All the diagrams of the process tree use names like "<code>xterm</code>" or "<code>bash</code>", but that's just to make it easier to understand what's going on, it doesn't mean those processes are actually executed.</p> <p>Let's take a short look at what happens when you "execute a program" from the Bash prompt, a program like "ls":</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>$ ls
</code></pre></div> <p>Bash will now perform <strong>two steps</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>It will make a copy of itself</li> <li>The copy will replace itself with the "ls" program</li> </ul> <p>The copy of Bash will inherit the environment from the "main Bash" process: All environment variables will also be copied to the new process. This step is called <strong>forking</strong>.</p> <p>For a short moment, you have a process tree that might look like this...</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>xterm ----- bash ----- bash(copy)
</code></pre></div> <p>...and after the "second Bash" (the copy) replaces itself with the <code>ls</code> program (the copy execs it), it might look like</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>xterm ----- bash ----- ls
</code></pre></div> <p>If everything was okay, the two steps resulted in one program being run. The copy of the environment from the first step (forking) becomes the environment for the final running program (in this case, <code>ls</code>).</p> <p><u><strong>What is so important about it?</strong></u> In our example, what the program <code>ls</code> does inside its own environment, it can't affect the environment of its parent process (in this case, <code>bash</code>). The environment was copied when ls was executed. Nothing is "copied back" to the parent environment when <code>ls</code> terminates.</p> <h2 id=bash-playing-with-pipes>Bash playing with pipes<a class=headerlink href=#bash-playing-with-pipes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Pipes are a very powerful tool. You can connect the output of one process to the input of another process. We won't delve into piping at this point, we just want to see how it looks in the process tree. Again, we execute some commands, this time, we'll run <code>ls</code> and <code>grep</code>:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>$ ls | grep myfile
</code></pre></div> <p>It results in a tree like this:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code> +-- ls
xterm ----- bash --|
+-- grep
</code></pre></div> <p>Note once again, <code>ls</code> can't influence the <code>grep</code> environment, <code>grep</code> can't influence the <code>ls</code> environment, and neither <code>grep</code> nor <code>ls</code> can influence the <code>bash</code> environment.</p> <p><u><strong>How is that related to shell programming?!?</strong></u></p> <p>Well, imagine some Bash code that reads data from a pipe. For example, the internal command <code>read</code>, which reads data from <em>stdin</em> and puts it into a variable. We run it in a loop here to count input lines:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>counter=0
cat /etc/passwd | while read; do ((counter++)); done
echo &quot;Lines: $counter&quot;
</code></pre></div> <p>What? It's 0? Yes! The number of lines might not be 0, but the variable <code>$counter</code> still is 0. Why? Remember the diagram from above? Rewriting it a bit, we have:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code> +-- cat /etc/passwd
xterm ----- bash --|
+-- bash (while read; do ((counter++)); done)
</code></pre></div> <p>See the relationship? The forked Bash process will count the lines like a charm. It will also set the variable <code>counter</code> as directed. But if everything ends, this extra process will be terminated - <strong>your "counter" variable is gone.</strong> You see a 0 because in the main shell it was 0, and wasn't changed by the child process!</p> <p><u><strong>So, how do we count the lines?</strong></u> Easy: <strong>Avoid the subshell.</strong> The details don't matter, the important thing is the shell that sets the counter must be the "main shell". For example:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>counter=0
while read; do ((counter++)); done &lt;/etc/passwd
echo &quot;Lines: $counter&quot;
</code></pre></div> <p>It's nearly self-explanatory. The <code>while</code> loop runs in the <strong>current shell</strong>, the counter is incremented in the <strong>current shell</strong>, everything vital happens in the <strong>current shell</strong>, also the <code>read</code> command sets the variable <code>REPLY</code> (the default if nothing is given), though we don't use it here.</p> <h2 id=actions-that-create-a-subshell>Actions that create a subshell<a class=headerlink href=#actions-that-create-a-subshell title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Bash creates <strong>subshells</strong> or <strong>subprocesses</strong> on various actions it performs:</p> <h3 id=executing-commands>Executing commands<a class=headerlink href=#executing-commands title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3> <p>As shown above, Bash will create subprocesses everytime it executes commands. That's nothing new.</p> <p>But if your command is a subprocess that sets variables you want to use in your main script, that won't work.</p> <p>For exactly this purpose, there's the <code>source</code> command (also: the <em>dot</em> <code>.</code> command). Source doesn't execute the script, it imports the other script's code into the current shell:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>source ./myvariables.sh
# equivalent to:
. ./myvariables.sh
</code></pre></div> <h3 id=pipes>Pipes<a class=headerlink href=#pipes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3> <p>The last big section was about pipes, so no example here.</p> <h3 id=explicit-subshell>Explicit subshell<a class=headerlink href=#explicit-subshell title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3> <p>If you group commands by enclosing them in parentheses, these commands are run inside a subshell:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>(echo PASSWD follows; cat /etc/passwd; echo GROUP follows; cat /etc/group) &gt;output.txt
</code></pre></div> <h3 id=command-substitution>Command substitution<a class=headerlink href=#command-substitution title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3> <p>With <a href=../../syntax/expansion/cmdsubst/ >command substitution</a> you re-use the output of another command as text in your command line, for example to set a variable. The other command is run in a subshell:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code>number_of_users=$(cat /etc/passwd | wc -l)
</code></pre></div> <p>Note that, in this example, a second subshell was created by using a pipe in the command substitution:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code> +-- cat /etc/passwd
xterm ----- bash ----- bash (cmd. subst.) --|
+-- wc -l
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