Questions tagged [error-handling]
Use this tag for questions on how to handle errors generated in shell scripts.
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Tar: File changed as we read it/ file removed before we read it Errors
I'm trying to create an automated backup script using the tar command:
tar -czg /home/user/BackupArchiv/snapshots/snapshot_2020-10-12 -f /home/user/BackupArchiv/backup_2020-10-12/backupfull.tar.gz /...
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Is it possible to pipe only on error? [closed]
If there is any error then 2>&1 and pipe (|) to another program, otherwise do not 2>&1 and do not pipe
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Kazam not opening at all. Linux mint 20
I reinstalled it several times but no success at opening it at all! Here is the terminal output:
$ kazam
WARNING Kazam - Failed to correctly detect operating system.
Traceback (most recent call last):
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subshell not propagating error, bash 4.4
I have this in a github workflow
- run: bash --version
- name: run postgres
run: |
set -e
shopt -s inherit_errexit
export ID=$(docker run \
...
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Error: “/bin/sh: 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/wasm-opt/out/wasm-opt: not found” returns with exit status 0!
So I borked an installation of a bin, and when I try to run the command (wasm-opt input_file.wasm) I get this:
/bin/sh: 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/wasm-opt/out/wasm-opt: not found
But that ...
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systemd-sysusers: Failed to check if group nobody already exists
I'm using Debian Buster. On several of my devices I find these red alerts in the systemd journal, even on a fresh installed Buster without additional installed software:
Oct 01 09:18:41 harley systemd-...
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Uncorrectable Error in Hard Disk
My understanding is T10-DIFF/DIX( also known as T10-PI) was proposed to prevent silent data corruption. And of the hard disk/SSD vendors have already implemented/adopted this solution as part of their ...
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Search for a string in all searched files gives /bin/grep: Argument list too long error
I tried the below command to search for in all files user /var
sudo find . -type f | xargs sudo grep 202007602 | tee /tmp/202007602.log
Output:
grep: ./www/html/jenkins/workspace/node_modules/xpath/...
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Script configuration issues
My purpose is to allow user A to run a specific script owned by user B but with user B’s profile loaded. This is on a Solaris maachine.
I have users A and B, I set this line: in the sudoers file, so ...
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mutt macro to save attachment fails when file already exists
My .muttrc includes
macro attach s <save-entry><bol>/myDir/<enter><shell-escape>chmod\ -R\ a+r\ /myDir/.<enter>
When I hit s, this saves an attachment into /myDir. But ...
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how to suppress error message in Unix for apache
I know that we can suppress error message when the command is ls
ls /usr/tbin/httpd || /home/app/httpd/bin/apachectl 2>/dev/null
However, i want to suppress No such file or directory for the below ...
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How to resolve dpkg error in terminal while installing python
I face this problem while installing python3.7 in raspberry pi 3. I had attached the terminal commands and errors below. Kindly have a look at it and hep me to resolve this
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KDE-Neon doesn't start anymore. ACPI region does not cover t sponse buffer. failed to add display topology, DTM TA is not initialized
I was using the User Edition of KDE-Neon without issues for some time but now I got this error and I am clueless. I am very thankful about every response. I was searching for similar problems on ...
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apt-get update error [duplicate]
root@kali:~# apt-get update
Get:1 https://mirror.karneval.cz/pub/linux/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.5 kB]
Reading package lists... Done
E: Release file for https://http.kali.org/kali/dists/...
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Why does trap not get triggered when a sourcing a file that does not exist?
#!/bin/bash
set -eEuo pipefail
set -x
function deploy_cleanup(){
echo "---Cleaning up---"
echo "hello"
}
trap deploy_cleanup ERR
whoami
source euaueoaue
Outputs:
+ ...
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How to continue cascaded pipeline commands after a failure
I am running a command and manipulating the output with my own script, but I don't want the main command to stop when my script fails.
For example:
a-command | tee logfile.txt | myscript
when my ...
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Problem running commands with 'sudo' in Bash script
I have an installation script which appears to work fine and doesn't output any errors, but when running a command with one of the newly installed packages, I'm told I don't have permission to access ...
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If my Mac shut down because of a problem, how do I find the error report? [closed]
Sometimes my computer shuts down, and I get the "Your computer shut down because of a problem" alert. My question is, where can I find the error message resulting in this? Like if an application quits ...
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cron: send errors to syslog, instead of MTA
I don't have MTA installed on my desktop.
Whenever there is a problem with a cronjob script, I see this in my logs:
CRON: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)
A script that was ...
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What does the error line prefix `W: ` mean, like from apt-get or other, similar command's?
It seem common knowledge that this is a warning message, but is this accurate?
And if so, then where is it documented? (I've already searched the man pages for dpkg and apt-get and the web. I ...
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Running commands remotely and script not exiting on error
I have a simple script which takes the first argument as a hostname and tries to connect to it and run some commands then saves the output locally.
But whenever I pass an invalid hostname and it ...
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How to capture error of failed command with message using tee command
I want to capture and write my error to log file along with custom message.
Consider the command :
$(find $val -type f -delete) || echo "error in deleting files" |tee -a log.txt
This command writes ...
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Shell script runs with bash but not with sh. Why and how to fix it?
I have the following shell script that sums up all the arguments passed to it (space separated):
sum=0
for arg in "$@"; do
(( sum += arg ))
done
echo $sum
I have saved it as SumAll.sh. So, its ...
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Problem with drivers nvidia
I installed Debian Buster Xfce in an all-in-one PC.
The installation don't show any missing firmware, but when finished and started session can't use wifi, wireless driver missing.
So I installed ...
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How to find out if xtigervncviewer wasn't able to establish a connection?
If I use xtigervncviewer to try to connect to a host which doesn't run a VNC server, it prints the following expected error to stderr:
$ xtigervncviewer -AlertOnFatalError=0 localhost
TigerVNC ...
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Errors when trying to upgrade Linux kernel
I've gone to upgrade my machine as I do every day and I've received the following errors:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Hit:1 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
...
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How to stop a (Perl) script on Unix exiting when it encounters errors? [closed]
I have a Perl script inherited from a colleague which processes some data for me. On our old server it will run and return several expected error messages before generating an output file for me. It ...
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docker-compose up -d quiet option to suppres up-to-date
I want to update a docker container in crontab and only get an email if something gets wrong, so I call
12 4 * * * cd /var/docker-services/mycontainer/; docker-compose pull -q && docker-...
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Bash: no output of while loop and any better solution?
I am new to bash scripting and the part of my script below doesn't give me any output.
check=""
while [ "$check"=="" ]
do
read -p "Signature Correct?(Yes/No): " check
if [ "$check" != "Y" || "$...
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Linux MInt (intermittent) ACPI startup error
When I press the power button on my Linux Mint machine, one of two things (unpredictably) happens:
Everything goes as it should and I eventually end up on my Desktop
I get stuck on a black screen
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hiding a file from sudo rm -rf * (or skipping)
I am trying to hide one new file from a script that contains 'sudo rm -rf *' - I am wondering if I can do this without redoing the script/ if this is possible or not.
I have tried the following:
$ ...
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fastcgi php nginx errorlog messed up
I have a strange problem, the errorlog of my nginx server is somehow messed up: PHP errors seem to be all written in one line and repeating itself recursively. This way the llog grows a few GB within ...
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Piping errors to my function causes command to be ignored after 1 failure
Context: I have a Bash Script that copies files
function log () {
read IN
if [ "$IN" == "" ]; then
:
else
echo "$datetime"$'\t'"$IN" | tee -a logfile
fi
}
function ...
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Can't login to Kali after upgrade
I'm running Kali from VMware. I upgraded my Kali, and after rebooting I can't login. When I restart I'm login automatically via tty1 , and receiving the following error:
uname : loadlocale.c:129 : ...
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Bash inconsistent behavior between echo / assigning a variable with `set -e` and subshell [duplicate]
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euxo pipefail
echo $(echo "$THIS_VAR_DOES_NOT_EXIST" | cat)
echo "WTF"
Running this script produces:
./wtf.sh
++ cat
./wtf.sh: line 4: THIS_VAR_DOES_NOT_EXIST: unbound ...
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Error downloading files from Google Drive and other errors with Google products
I'm running Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon and when I try to download a file from Google Drive (wheter it's my Drive or not) I always get an error that looks somewhat like this:
I've tried anything: ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 has experienced an internal error
I faced this error after booting the system. And this error continues to persist, and leads to system crash eventually.
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Run ./configure script as user under Alpine Linux
I’m trying to compile a program from source under Alpine Linux. When I run ./configure under root everything goes well, but when I do the same as a normal user I get:
./configure: This script ...
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Trying to install RuneLite on Manjaro, got this error trying to build
So I was trying to install RuneLite on Manjaro, and at first it built, but it wouldn't launch. I checked the faq on their github and it they said that it had to do with a bug with JDK 10+, and to just ...
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command substitution does not respect err_exit sometimes
I have a weird situation where inserting any command that succeeds in the line above makes command substitution ($(I mean this)) not work as expected — it does not exit, even though the command fails ...
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What’s the difference between providing input to a command via an argument to that command and providing input through a shell redirection operator?
When I use my shell’s redirection operator to provide a (non-existent)
filename to the grep command, the error message about that file not
existing is displayed by my shell. But when I provide that ...
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Couldn't get pcap handle, exiting
I got an error when i use wash tool to display the networks around me that has wps enabled.
But i had an unexpected error while i'm trying to run that.
root@Shadow:~# wash --interface wlan0
[X] ...
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How to prevent Pulseaudio failover on sink error
If I play music through a USB sound card in ALSA, and accidentally unplug the USB cable, then it stops playing automatically, making it easy to detect the problem and fix it:
$ mpv --audio-device=...
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EADDRINUSE on every port in Node/Express.js event after restart linux
I am running node with express.js over it on Linux. It was working but now when I start my server the followng error is displayed: Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:1223.
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Attempting to write PHP array to file in Linux PHP interactive shell produces Uncaught Error and empty file
After executing the following commands:
[root@server test]# php -v
PHP 7.2.25 (cli) (built: Dec 17 2019 22:57:09) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-...
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What does the error “undefined reference to 'dlopen'” mean?
When I want to compile my c-file I get these messages:
undefined reference to 'dlopen'
undefined reference to 'dlsym'
In some other posts about this topic the solution was to add -ldl to the linker ...
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How can a command within a pipeline abort the pipeline?
Given the pipeline
a | b | c
how might I alter b so that it aborts the pipeline if b generates an error or matches a particular pattern in the input stream?
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How to troubleshoot a bash script called by a python script called by a program?
I have to troubleshoot this bash script called by a python script called by a program, all run in Ubuntu 18.04.
The python script and the program are black boxes. The only information I have is that ...
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How does ALSA handle errors in isochronous USB data
USB transfers fixed data rate digital audio data using its isochronous mode. To ensure the fixed data rate, this mode has no provision for retries of faulty transmissions. How does ALSA handle ...
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Using an array of strings with spaces in bash - error messages “curl: could not resolve host”
I am attempting to write a script in bash that monitors certain aspects of a server, and sends a message to slack if it notices that something is wrong. However, I am running into a strange set of ...
