gistfile1.txt

[sam@compy686 ~]$ cat t.sh
#!/bin/bash
# I normally set these options (with x being only sometimes)
# In this example,none of them are useful for catching your error
#set -euxo pipefail

badfunction() {
    for i in $(find /error); do
        echo $i
    done
}

goodfunction() {
    local path=$1
    shift
    result=( $(find "${path}" $@) )
    exit_code=$?
    if [[ ${exit_code} != 0 ]]; then
        # This will exit immediately after the stderr output from find is
        # displayed. The stderr from the find command is not captured above
        exit ${exit_code}
    fi
    for i in ${result[@]}; do
        echo ${i}
    done
}

echo "this failure isnt caught:"
badfunction
echo "this works as intended:"
goodfunction /tmp -maxdepth 1 -type f
echo "this failure is caught:"
goodfunction /error
echo "this never runs"




[sam@compy686 ~]$ ./t.sh
this failure isnt caught:
find: ‘/error’: No such file or directory
this works as intended:
/tmp/helloitsmesam
/tmp/xauth-1000-_0
/tmp/.X0-lock
/tmp/serverauth.en6c5WhhmD
this failure is caught:
find: ‘/error’: No such file or directory
[sam@compy686 ~]$