#!/bin/bash -e

foo() {
	myvar="foo"
	echo "foo 1"
	echo "foo 2"
	false || return 1
	echo "foo 3"
}

bar() {
	myvar="bar"
	echo "bar 1"
	echo "bar 2"
	false
	echo "bar 3"
}

echo 'calling foo and bar with || ret=$?'
echo
myvar="unknown"
ret=0
foo || ret=$?
echo "foo ret $ret"
echo $myvar
echo
myvar="unknown"
ret=0
bar || ret=$?
echo "bar ret $ret"
echo $myvar
echo

echo 'calling foo and bar with | cat -'
echo
myvar="unknown"
foo 2>&1 | cat -; ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
echo "foo ret $ret"
echo $myvar
echo
myvar="unknown"
bar 2>&1 | cat -; ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
echo "bar ret $ret"
echo $myvar
echo