Shell variables set inside while loop not visible outside of it

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When you pipe into a while loop in Bash, it creates a subshell. When the subshell exits, all variables return to their previous values (which may be null or unset). This can be prevented by using process substitution.

LONGEST_CNT=0
while read -r line
do
    line_length=${#line}
    if (( line_length > LONGEST_CNT ))
    then
        LONGEST_CNT=$line_length
        LONGEST_STR=$line
    fi
done < <(find samples/ )    # process substitution

echo $LONGEST_CNT : $LONGEST_STR

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