set -e is not clearly documented

Hi, lets consider the following: $ echo $BASH_VERSION 4.1.2(1)-release $ cat /etc/system-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago) $ ( 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 f

Case of set -e not being in effect in a subshell.

$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID:Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release:18.04 Codename:bionic $ apt-cache show bash Package: bash Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.18-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: required Essential: yes Section: shells Ori

Re: Case of set -e not being in effect in a subshell.

After so many years of using bash I assumed that there is nothing special to set -e that I wouldn't know so I didn't bother to look it up in the docs, my bad. Thanks for the answers! 2018-06-11 16:09 GMT+01:00 Chet Ramey : > On 6/11/18 6:12 AM, Bartłomiej Palmowski wrote: > >