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add PIPESTATUS array explanation
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for all processes it directly created to finish. Another advantage is that
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since a parent can get exit status for its direct children only, forking all
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processes in a pipeline makes it convenient to provide the \texttt{PIPESTATUS}
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array variable to the user.
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array variable to the user. This array contains exit status values for the
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children executed in the latest pipeline.
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\end{itemize}
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