cosh-osc$ printf '%s%s\n' '__RDY_' 'A__' __RDY_A__ printf '%s%s' '__CORE_PAYLOAD_' 'BEGIN__'; { cosh-osc$ printf '%s%s' '__CORE_PAYLOAD_' 'BEGIN__'; { > set -e; false && printf bad; printf errexit-context > }; rc=$?; printf '%s%s:%s\n' '__CORE_PAYLOAD_' 'END__' "$rc"; printf '%s%s\n' '__CORE_' 'DONE__' __CORE_PAYLOAD_BEGIN__errexit-context__CORE_PAYLOAD_END__:0 __CORE_DONE__ cosh-osc$ exit exit