shell variable value in for loop different after loop

Question

I have a challenge with a variable value changed in a for loop and the value of that variable after the for loop and using tee

SCRIPT_1:

    STATUS=9
    for  SESSION in  A B C
    do
       STATUS=5
       echo "SESSION=$SESSION  STATUS=$STATUS"
    done 
    echo "STATUS=$STATUS"

output script_1 is:

    SESSION=A  STATUS=5
    SESSION=B  STATUS=5
    SESSION=C  STATUS=5
    STATUS=5

SRIPT_2:

    STATUS=9
    for  SESSION in  A B C
    do
       STATUS=5
       echo "SESSION=$SESSION  STATUS=$STATUS"
    done | tee /tmp/ses.txt
    echo "STATUS=$STATUS"

output_2 is:

    SESSION=A  STATUS=5
    SESSION=B  STATUS=5
    SESSION=C  STATUS=5
    STATUS=9

Why a different output when using tee after done command.

Answer 1

When you put a "| tee", the shell that is interpreting the script is forking a new shell for the loop. Inserting a sleep in the loop and launching the script in background gives this list of processes:

   PID TTY       TIME COMMAND
 21168 pts/0     0:00 sh
 21259 pts/0     0:00 ps
 11962 pts/0     0:00 sh
 21170 pts/0     0:00 sleep
 21171 pts/0     0:00 tee
 21169 pts/0     0:00 sh

As you can see, there is an additional shell at the end of the list. You can get the same result with this script:

STATUS=9
echo "" > /tmp/ses.txt
for  SESSION in  A B C
do
   STATUS=5
   echo "SESSION=$SESSION  STATUS=$STATUS" | tee -a /tmp/ses.txt
done
echo "STATUS=$STATUS"

but whitout the side effect you are mentioning.