TM_LOCAL=`ls -l --time-style=long-iso ~/.vimrc | awk '{ print $6" "$7 }'`

ls -l --time-style=long-iso ~/.vimrc | awk '{ print $6" "$7 }'

TM_LOCAL=$(ls -l --time-style=long-iso ~/.vimrc |
             awk '{ print $6" "$7 }' ; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]} )

result=$(echo -e "anbnc" |
          ( cat ; exit 1 ) |
          ( cat ; exit 42 ) ; echo ${PIPESTATUS[@]})
output=$(head -n -1 <<< "$result")
status=($(tail -n 1 <<< "$result"))
echo "Output:"
echo "$output"
echo "Results:"
echo "${status[@]}"

Output:
a
b
c
Results:
0 1 42

declare -a status
status=(${PIPESTATUS[@]})

[[ -f ~/.vimrc ]] && TM_LOCAL=$(stat -c '&y' ~/.vimrc 2>/dev/null)
TM_LOCAL=${TM_LOCAL%:*}  # Safe to do, even if stat fails

./testcron | (test ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 || mail -s "testcron output" paul)