Set (Bash)

The -e option will cause a bash script to exit immediately when a command fails

set -eo pipefail https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/
set -euxo pipefail

set -eu
set -o vi
set -o history (Bash history)
set -o pipefail

set -u error when performing parameter expansion

set -x print every command that is executed and every variable that is set to the standard output. Useful to debug scripts.

Related terms

• debian-sa1
• tset

Activities

• Read https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html

See also

• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly