The right way to test exit codes in Bash

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In this article, we’ll go over how to properly test exit codes in Bash scripts. Testing exit codes with $? When I first started writing Bash, I often wrote the following code to test whether a program’s execution was successful: 1some_command 2if [ '$?' -eq 0 ]; then 3 echo 'It worked!' 4fiHowever, this introduces complexity in the flow of the script. For example, one minor mistake…

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