On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 09:16:50AM -0700, L. A. Walsh wrote: > Perhaps you can explain why bash's "normal mode" had to change?
I don't have a "why", but I do note this on http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105/Answers See the answer for "Exercise 2". I repeat, because it needs to be repeated every day for all of eternity, you should not use set -e. Just stop.