Set

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

 set -e or set -o errexit 

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

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

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

• tset
• trap
• Cisco IOS: set vlan
• PAN-OS: set cli pager off

Activities

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

See also

• Bash, alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source (command)