I would like to know why it display only tomate and not both words.
$ a="tomate" ; echo $a
tomate
$ (a="poivron" ; echo $a)
poivron
$ echo $a
tomate
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5The second command is in a subshell https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/subshells.html – Mikel Apr 29 '20 at 04:47
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thank, now i know. – david b.k Apr 29 '20 at 05:06
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why were you expecting both words to print? – jsotola Apr 29 '20 at 06:22
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it was a question from an exercice. But now i understand why it print only the first word. – david b.k Apr 30 '20 at 04:25