This article has some good points, and I was glad to learn about the "trap" command, to clean up temp files on unexpected exit. There is also a little overlap

This article has some good points, and I was glad to learn about the "trap" command, to clean up temp files on unexpected exit. There is also a little overlap with this "unofficial bash strict mode," which I now use all the time: #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail IFS=$'\n\t' --- http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/ http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/