local variables in bash

[Stuart Jansen]

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 19:10 -0700, Jon Jensen wrote:
> I wouldn't be surprised if bash borrowed the behavior & the name from 
> Perl.

You've got your history backward there, sonny. Now get off my lawn!

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