you instruct the subshell to set -e, .. On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 17:16 Aron Griffis <a...@arongriffis.com> wrote:
> GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) > > $ (set -e; false; echo BANG) || echo whimper > BANG > > $ (set -e; false; echo BANG); echo whimper > whimper > > The || after the subshell seems to prevent set -e from being effective > inside the subshell. > > Is this a bug or does it make sense in a way I don't understand? > > Thanks, > Aron >
