7610 2005-08-09 03:33:33 +0400 Unable to feed "trap -p" output into a pipe 2006-01-10 01:45:31 +0300 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus bash unstable all Linux CLOSED NOTABUG http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-01/msg00019.html P2 normal --- 1 at placeholder glebfm ldv placeholder vt qa-sisyphus oldest_to_newest 28343 0 at 2005-08-09 03:33:33 +0400 bash-2.05b$ trap -p bash-2.05b$ trap "echo ..." EXIT bash-2.05b$ trap -p EXIT trap -- 'echo ...' EXIT bash-2.05b$ trap -p EXIT |wc -l 0 bash-2.05b$ 34337 1 ldv 2005-12-31 02:21:47 +0300 Same happens with bash-3.0 34492 2 ldv 2006-01-07 01:14:29 +0300 Same with bash-3.1.1. 34581 3 ldv 2006-01-10 01:45:31 +0300 From Chet Ramey answer: "Each element of a pipeline is run in a subshell. Subshells don't traps from their parent." http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-01/msg00019.html