That's the same approach I am using in all my scripts. You can even combine that with `set -e` and run some commandThatMayFail || true in order to continu

That's the same approach I am using in all my scripts. You can even combine that with `set -e` and run some commandThatMayFail || true in order to continue the script if some optional step fails. Bonus note: The notation "do something else die 'with message'" stems from Perl, AFAIK. See for instance https://perldoc.perl.org/Carp https://perldoc.perl.org/Carp