On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 11:01:11AM +0200, Bart?omiej Palmowski wrote: > $ ( set -e; echo foo; false; echo bar; ) # this one is expected > foo > $ ( set -e; echo foo; false; echo bar; ) || true # this one is not expected > foo > bar
set -e is useless rubbish that should be avoided. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105 for details. Bash is required to IMPLEMENT set -e because it's part of the POSIX specification. You are not required to USE it.
