How to undo the effect of "set -e" which makes bash exit immediately if any command fails?

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Tianyi Cui picture Tianyi Cui · Aug 19, 2010 · Viewed 55.7k times · Source

After entering set -e in an interactive bash shell, bash will exit immediately if any command exits with non-zero. How can I undo this effect?

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zwol picture zwol · Aug 19, 2010

With set +e. Yeah, it's backward that you enable shell options with set - and disable them with set +. Historical raisins, donchanow.

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