Graceful Failure and Partial Success

Updated

October 31, 2026

Graceful Failure and Partial Success

Handling optional failures under set -e:

# Allow a command to fail without terminating the script:
status_output=$(systemctl is-active myapp 2>/dev/null) || true

# Try-catch idiom:
if ! run_risky_task; then
    echo "Task failed; executing fallback mitigation..."
    run_fallback_task
fi