Daniel Villeneuve <daniel2villene...@videotron.ca> writes:

> For reference, I've consulted
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.standards.posix.austin.general/282,
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.bash.bugs/13465 and
> the current public POSIX spec I have access to which still says:
>
> *-e*
>    When this option is on, if a simple command fails for any of the

A compound command is not a simple command.  Only failing simple
commands cause the shell to exit.

Andreas.

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