These are generally good tips. I swear by set -e # same as set -o errexit and I like using list constructs (&& ||) in lieu of simple `if` test blocks but

These are generally good tips. I swear by set -e # same as set -o errexit and I like using list constructs (&& ||) in lieu of simple `if` test blocks but it's really important to remember that list constructs aren't exactly the same. This always catches me out: if [ -e "missingfile" ] then echo "you'll never see this" fi (above runs fine with set -e) [ -e "missingfile" ] && echo "you'll never see this" (while that one correctly fails and thus `set -e` fails the script) I generally stick an `|| true` on the end of those list constructs. fwiw.