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Exit Codes and Error Handling

basicbash~10min

Background

Exit codes enable error detection and propagation in bash scripts and pipelines.

Problem

Handle command failures using exit codes and set -e for fail-fast behavior.

Input

Commands that may fail

Output

Proper exit codes on failure

Sample tests

Sample 1

Input: command that fails
Expected: non-zero exit code

Your solution

Learning objective

Learn bash error handling and exit code conventions