What does set -e mean in a bash script?

Question

I\'m studying the content of this preinst file that the script executes before that package is unpacked from its Debian archive (.deb) file.

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Answer 1

set -e stops the execution of a script if a command or pipeline has an error - which is the opposite of the default shell behaviour, which is to ignore errors in scripts. Type help set in a terminal to see the documentation for this built-in command.