[ILUG] Bash

[Brendan Halpin]

John Tobin <tobinjt at netsoc.tcd.ie> wrote:


> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:43:34PM +0000, Brendan Halpin wrote:
> ? With a bash script that runs a simple series of commands, how do I
> ? make it crash out if any one command fails, without filling it with

> set -e
> >From the bash manpage:
> 
> Exit immediately if a simple command (see SHELL GRAMMAR above) exits
> with a non-zero status. The shell does not exit if the command that
> fails is part of an until or while loop, part of an if statement, part
> of a && or || list, or if the command's return value is being inverted

Excellent, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks (and to Sean and
Rick).

Brendan

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