Bash exit from subcommand

Question

I have a script with the following code:

command_that_could_fail || (echo "command failed"; exit 1)

However, the exit seems to just be exiting from the sub-command formed by the second part of the line (in parentheses), not from the script itself. Any way that I can make it behave as desired, and exit from the outer script?

Just use braces instead of parentheses. – jimmij Aug 09 '15 at 00:23 — jimmij, Aug 09 '15 at 00:23

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '15 at 00:17

4

You probably want to do something like:

bail() {
   echo "$*"
   exit 1
}
command_that_could_fail || bail "command failed"

answered Aug 09 '15 at 00:17

DopeGhoti

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Bash exit from subcommand

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