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Bash/Dash - Catching the error when calling set
set is a special built-in, and per POSIX, errors in special built-ins shall cause an interactive shell to exit. But you can use command to "de-specialize" it. (this is straight up mentioned ...
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Bash/Dash - Catching the error when calling set
In the end I had to run a sub-shell just to check whether set -o pipefail will work.
# Workaround for Dash and other shells that do not support -o pipefail.
if (set -o pipefail 2>/dev/null); then
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Cancel just second command of bash logical AND operator
Just do Ctrl+z upon which fg will return with an exit code of 128+SIGTSTP, so not 0/success, so shutdown won't be run, and then fg again without a && shutdown this time.
Example:
bash-5.3$ ...
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