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LandonSchropp
LandonSchropp

Reputation: 10254

Bash: Ensure a command always runs when using set -euo pipefail

I'm writing a script in Bash that looks something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Stop the script if any commands fail
set -euo pipefail

# Start a server
yarn serve &
SERVER_PID=$!

# Run some cURL requests against the server
...

# Stop the server
kill $SERVER_PID

What I'd like to do is ensure kill $SERVER_PID is always called at the end of the script, even if one of the server commands fails. Is there a way to accomplish this in Bash?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9010

Answers (2)

Cyrus
Cyrus

Reputation: 88684

Insert

trap "kill $SERVER_PID" ERR

in a new line after SERVER_PID=$!.

From help trap:

ERR means to execute ARG each time a command's failure would cause the shell to exit when the -e option is enabled.

Upvotes: 7

Gilles Quénot
Gilles Quénot

Reputation: 185274

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Stop the script if any commands fail
set -euo pipefail

# Start a server
yarn serve &
SERVER_PID=$!

trap "kill $SERVER_PID" 0 1 2 3 15

# Run some cURL requests against the server
...

Note the use of trap

Upvotes: 6

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