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kagamine on May 12, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: When Bash scripts bite

I just over-log absolutely everything. If it fails log it. If it succeeds and you might need to know about it, log it. That's not great error handling, but it helps with debugging.

majewsky on May 12, 2017 [–]

What about "set -x"? Same effect, but you only have to flip the switch once.

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