Set (Bash)

• https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
• http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/seth.html

The -e option will cause a bash script to exit immediately when a command fails

• set -e or set -o errexit
• set -x print every command that is executed and every variable that is set to the standard output. Useful to debug scripts.

• set -eo pipefail https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/
• set -euxo pipefail

• set -eu
• set -o vi
• set compatible
• set -o history (Bash history)
• set -o pipefail
• set -o errtrace

• set -u error when performing parameter expansion

set -m (Job control)

set -o noclobber

Related terms

• tset
• trap
• Cisco IOS: set vlan
• PAN-OS: set cli pager off
• set (python)
• set (vi)

Activities

• Read https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html

See also

• set, unset, set -o, set -x, set -e, set +e, set -E, set +b, set -u, $?, exit, return, trap, PostgreSQL SET
• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly, $1, $@