Writing try catch finally in shell

Question

Is there a linux bash command like the java try catch finally? Or does the linux shell always go on?

try {
   `executeCommandWhichCanFail`
   mv output
} catch {         


        

Answer 1

Another way to do it would be:

set -e;  # stop on errors

mkdir -p "$HOME/tmp/whatevs"

exit_code=0

(
  set +e;
  (
    set -e;
    echo 'foo'
    echo 'bar'
    echo 'biz'
  )
  exit_code="$?"
)

rm -rf "$HOME/tmp/whatevs"

if [[ "exit_code" != '0' ]]; then
   echo 'failed';
fi 

although the above doesn't really offer any benefit over:

set -e;  # stop on errors

mkdir -p "$HOME/tmp/whatevs"

exit_code=0

(
    set -e;
    echo 'foo'
    echo 'bar'
    echo 'biz'
    exit 44;
    exit 43;

) || {
   exit_code="$?"  # exit code of last command which is 44
}

rm -rf "$HOME/tmp/whatevs"

if [[ "exit_code" != '0' ]]; then
   echo 'failed';
fi