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Walf
Walf
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There's a simplerThe actual solution:

#!/bin/bash

function bla() {
    return 1
}

bla || { ( echo '1' ) &&'1'; exit 1; }

echo '2'

The error grouping will only execute if bla returns an error status, and exit is not in a subshell so the whole script stops.

There's a simpler solution:

#!/bin/bash

function bla() {
    return 1
}

bla || { ( echo '1' ) && exit 1; }

echo '2'

The error grouping will only execute if bla returns an error status, and exit is not in a subshell so the whole script stops.

The actual solution:

#!/bin/bash

function bla() {
    return 1
}

bla || { echo '1'; exit 1; }

echo '2'

The error grouping will only execute if bla returns an error status, and exit is not in a subshell so the whole script stops.

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Walf
Walf
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There's a simpler solution:

#!/bin/bash

function bla() {
    return 1
}

bla || { ( echo '1' ) && exit 1; }

echo '2'

The error grouping will only execute if bla returns an error status, and exit is not in a subshell so the whole script stops.