pipestatus

In Linux Bash scripting, pipelines allow you to send the output of one command as the input to another. Understanding how exit statuses are managed across a pipeline is crucial for robust scripting, especially in error handling. Today, we’ll answer some pivotal questions about using PIPESTATUS to capture individual exit codes in a pipeline. An exit code, or exit status, is a numerical value returned by a command or a script upon its completion. Typically, a 0 exit status signifies success, whereas any non-zero value indicates an error or an abnormal termination. How does Bash handle exit codes in pipelines? By default, the exit status of a pipeline (e.g.