Comments on: BASH Pipeline Exit Codes http://www.briandowney.net/blog/2008/05/05/bash-pipeline-exit-codes/ Technical musings of an entrepreneur. Mon, 03 May 2010 16:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.briandowney.net/blog/2008/05/05/bash-pipeline-exit-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Brian Sun, 18 May 2008 20:09:32 +0000 http://www.briandowney.net/blog/?p=99#comment-320 Len, you might want to try using "set -e" in your script. It will terminate the shell if any command exits with non-zero. You might also want to try something like: cmd1 || exit 1 | cmd2 I haven't tested it, that's just off the top of my head. Len, you might want to try using “set -e” in your script. It will terminate the shell if any command exits with non-zero.

You might also want to try something like:

cmd1 || exit 1 | cmd2

I haven’t tested it, that’s just off the top of my head.

]]> By: Len http://www.briandowney.net/blog/2008/05/05/bash-pipeline-exit-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Len Sun, 18 May 2008 19:36:21 +0000 http://www.briandowney.net/blog/?p=99#comment-319 This makes sense. What I am puzzling over at the moment is how to terminate the flow in a pipeline if say the first command in the pipeline fails. I want it to terminate, and the script to exit. Any thoughts? This makes sense. What I am puzzling over at the moment is how to terminate
the flow in a pipeline if say the first command in the pipeline fails. I want it to terminate, and the script to exit. Any thoughts?

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