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user1793089
user1793089

Reputation: 41

bash terminate on first fail

Is there a way to make my bash script terminates on the first command that returns non-zero status?

I know I can just chain it with &&'s like:

cd /stuff &&
echo 'what's up' &&
....

Is there another way?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 101

Answers (1)

Gilles Quénot
Gilles Quénot

Reputation: 185179

Yes, this is that simple as adding at the beginning of your script after the shebang :

set -e

You can stop this if you want (for just a portion of code) with 

set +e

or on the shebang :

#!/bin/bash -e

or by calling the script with :

bash -e script.bash

Upvotes: 8

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