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Re: shell kung-fu with set -e, return codes and i/o redirection in while read ... loop



In <[🔎] 20090719235708.GB22995@resivo.wgnet.de>, Jonas Meurer wrote:
>- in cryptdisks_{start|stop} only one device is setup anyway. here I
>  simply don't use set -e and check for the error code instead.

While I understand your goal here, I think you should try and accomplish it 
while leaving the entire script "set -e".  It helps prevent errors from 
cascading.  Even if you are checking return values for everything now, you 
might not be so disciplined with changes in the future.
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