1: #!/bin/sh
   2: # Example 16
   3: 
   4: # Uses ex13.sh to generate some output and give us an 
   5: # exit status to capture.
   6: 
   7: # Get the exit status of ex13 into ex13stat. 
   8: # stderr of ex13 is processed by the pipe, stdout
   9: # is left alone.
  10: 
  11: # Save a copy of stdout
  12: exec 3>&1
  13: 
  14: # Run a subshell, with 4 copied to 1 so we get it in stdout.  
  15: # Capture the output in backtics`
  16: # ex13stat=`(    ) 4>&1`
  17: 
  18: # In the subshell, run another subshell to execute ex13, and 
  19: # echo the status code to 4
  20: # (./ex13.sh; echo $? >&4)
  21: 
  22: # stdout from the inner subshell is directed to the original stdout (3)
  23: # stderr is passed into the pipe for further processing.
  24: # stdout from the pipe is redirected back to stderr
  25: 
  26: # Close the extra descriptors before running the commands
  27: exec 3>&1
  28: ex13stat=`((./ex13.sh 2>&1 1>&3 3>&- 4>&- ; echo $? >&4) | \
  29:   sed s/err/ERR/ 1>&2 3>&- 4>&- ) 4>&1`
  30: 
  31: echo Last command status=$?
  32: echo ex13stat=$ex13stat
  33: