bash脚本错误检查

在bash shell 脚本中总是需要对已经执行命令作错误检查, 以便进行下一步处理.

而错误处理一般类似linux native C app或perl脚本中 "or die"的语法style. 故稍作整理记录之:

#!/bin/bash

ERROR=$'\e'[31\;47m"Error: "
EEND=$'\e'[0m'\n'

function die() {
    [ "$1" ] && echo -e ${ERROR}$*$EEND
    # will uncomment below without test
    #exit 1;
}

# like perl: false or die
which ]
[ $? -eq 0 ] || { die 1. no "]";}

# fail then die
which ]
(($?)) && { die 2. no "]";}

which ]
(($?)) && { which type; die no ];} || { echo find;}

which ]
(($?)) && { which type; } || { echo find;}  # Pitfall: go on to the second brace block

PS: ] 不是bash保留字, 更不是metachar元字符, 而[ 作为命令第一个word时是test的同义词, 且都是builtin命令:

~/tmp$ type test
test is a shell builtin
~/tmp$ type [
[ is a shell builtin