Bash script will not abort on errors

[peterjc]

I suggest you read http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/ and set your bash scripts to stop (abort) if any of the commands triggers and error.

With long bash scripts it is usually a big problem if one step fails, but the script continues running on to the next step. At best, you'll get pages of error messages. At worst, you'll end up overlooking an error and using a wrong result.