What does set -e command does in Unix?

Question

What does the set -e command do in SHELL scripting?

Like the following command:

set -e

Can we do any other things with set -e operation?

Answer 1

The 'set' command is used set and examine shell options, as well as set positional parameters.

The -e flag does the following:

  -e  Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.

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