Re: tip for improving your shell skills

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On 2020-04-02, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> By running:
>
> echo "set -e" >> ~/.bash_profile
>
> You can put your shell (well, at next login) into an enhanced error
> checking mode.

   "Enhanced" is overstating the case; it does very limited error
   checking.

   Bash only includes it because POSIX requires it.

...
> The enhanced error checking has long been recommended for shell scripts,
> but don't miss the opportunity to benefit from it on the command line,
> too.

  It is deprecated, not recommended.

  http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105

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tip for improving your shell skills Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-02 00:09 +0000
  Re: tip for improving your shell skills Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-04-01 23:04 -0500
  Re: tip for improving your shell skills "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca> - 2020-04-01 23:40 -0400
    Re: tip for improving your shell skills Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-04-02 17:17 +0000
    Re: tip for improving your shell skills Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-03 08:20 +0100
      Re: tip for improving your shell skills "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca> - 2020-04-06 18:08 -0400

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