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Bash: What does “masking return values” mean?
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shellcheck generated the following warning
SC2155: Declare and assign separately to avoid masking return
values
For this line of code
local key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
What does "masking return values" mean, and how does it pertain to the aforementioned warning?
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shellcheck generated the following warning
SC2155: Declare and assign separately to avoid masking return
values
For this line of code
local key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
What does "masking return values" mean, and how does it pertain to the aforementioned warning?
bash shell-script shellcheck
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shellcheck generated the following warning
SC2155: Declare and assign separately to avoid masking return
values
For this line of code
local key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
What does "masking return values" mean, and how does it pertain to the aforementioned warning?
bash shell-script shellcheck
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shellcheck generated the following warning
SC2155: Declare and assign separately to avoid masking return
values
For this line of code
local key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
What does "masking return values" mean, and how does it pertain to the aforementioned warning?
bash shell-script shellcheck
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When you declare a variable as either local or exported that in itself is a command that will return success or not.
$ var=$(false)
$ echo $?
1
$ export var=$(false)
$ echo $?
0
So if you wanted to act on the return value of your command (echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 '), you would be unable to since it's going to exit with 0 as long as the local declaration succeeds (which is almost always will).
In order to avoid this it suggests declaring separately and then assigning:
local key_value
key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
This is a shellcheck rule I frequently ignore and IMO is safe to ignore as long as you know you aren't trying to act on the return value of that variable declaration.
You can ignore it by adding the following to the top of your script (Below the hashbang of course):
# shellcheck disable=SC2155
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When you declare a variable as either local or exported that in itself is a command that will return success or not.
$ var=$(false)
$ echo $?
1
$ export var=$(false)
$ echo $?
0
So if you wanted to act on the return value of your command (echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 '), you would be unable to since it's going to exit with 0 as long as the local declaration succeeds (which is almost always will).
In order to avoid this it suggests declaring separately and then assigning:
local key_value
key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
This is a shellcheck rule I frequently ignore and IMO is safe to ignore as long as you know you aren't trying to act on the return value of that variable declaration.
You can ignore it by adding the following to the top of your script (Below the hashbang of course):
# shellcheck disable=SC2155
answered 1 hour ago
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When you declare a variable as either local or exported that in itself is a command that will return success or not.
$ var=$(false)
$ echo $?
1
$ export var=$(false)
$ echo $?
0
So if you wanted to act on the return value of your command (echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 '), you would be unable to since it's going to exit with 0 as long as the local declaration succeeds (which is almost always will).
In order to avoid this it suggests declaring separately and then assigning:
local key_value
key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
This is a shellcheck rule I frequently ignore and IMO is safe to ignore as long as you know you aren't trying to act on the return value of that variable declaration.
You can ignore it by adding the following to the top of your script (Below the hashbang of course):
# shellcheck disable=SC2155
answered 1 hour ago
Jesse_bJesse_b
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When you declare a variable as either local or exported that in itself is a command that will return success or not.
$ var=$(false)
$ echo $?
1
$ export var=$(false)
$ echo $?
0
So if you wanted to act on the return value of your command (echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 '), you would be unable to since it's going to exit with 0 as long as the local declaration succeeds (which is almost always will).
In order to avoid this it suggests declaring separately and then assigning:
local key_value
key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
This is a shellcheck rule I frequently ignore and IMO is safe to ignore as long as you know you aren't trying to act on the return value of that variable declaration.
You can ignore it by adding the following to the top of your script (Below the hashbang of course):
# shellcheck disable=SC2155
answered 1 hour ago
Jesse_bJesse_b
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When you declare a variable as either local or exported that in itself is a command that will return success or not.
$ var=$(false)
$ echo $?
1
$ export var=$(false)
$ echo $?
0
So if you wanted to act on the return value of your command (echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 '), you would be unable to since it's going to exit with 0 as long as the local declaration succeeds (which is almost always will).
In order to avoid this it suggests declaring separately and then assigning:
local key_value
key_value=$(echo "$current_line" | mawk '/.+=.+/ print $1 ')
This is a shellcheck rule I frequently ignore and IMO is safe to ignore as long as you know you aren't trying to act on the return value of that variable declaration.
You can ignore it by adding the following to the top of your script (Below the hashbang of course):
# shellcheck disable=SC2155
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