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Be wary of arithmetic expressions when using `set -e`
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -e | |
| i=0 | |
| while [ $i -lt 3 ]; do | |
| r=$((RANDOM % 10)) | |
| if [ $r -lt 3 ]; then | |
| ((i++)) | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "Done: i = $i" |
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See also Getting decent error reports in Bash when you're using
set -e. Helps a lot in this case.