Linux command subshell () parentheses plainly
A subshell is a collection of commands written from (to) the shell prompt.
[ec2-user@humidai ~]$ pwd / [ec2-user@humidai ~]$ (cd /home/ec2-user/;vi test.json) [ec2-user@humidai ~]$ pwd /
In the subshell, use cd /home/ec2-user/
to move to the directory, and then use the vi command to open the test.json file. Put a semicolon between the commands.
Closing the file returns you to the shell prompt, and pwd will be /.
In (), cd /home/ec2-user/, so it looks like the current directory is moved at the shell prompt, but it is not.
This is a feature of subshells: they do not affect the shell prompt.
You can loop in double parentheses and run the subshell inside the loop.
[ec2-user@humidai ~]$ for((i=1;i<=5;i++)) > do > (cd /home/ec2-user/; mkdir "test"$i) > done
This will create the directories test1,test2,…. . test5 directories will be created.
Shell file execution in a subshell
You can also execute shell files in a subshell.
[ec2-user@humidai ~]$(cd /home/ec2-user/;a.sh &)
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