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Re: bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases.
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Eli Schwartz |
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Re: bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases. |
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Sun, 31 May 2020 22:46:48 -0400 |
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On 5/31/20 10:32 PM, Hyunho Cho wrote:
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> GNU bash, version 5.0.16(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
> Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
> Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic
> Architecture: x86-64
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> bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases.
> after execution a command, exitcode is set to "1" but shell script does not
> exited.
You're merely the latest person to discover that this applies to you:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105
tl;dr
Don't use errexit, it does not mean what you think it does.
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Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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