From: Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@...>
Date: 2008-12-04T22:58:59+09:00
Subject: Re: rescuing a failed %x[] call?

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Avdi Grimm <avdi@avdi.org> wrote:
> According to some experiments in IRB, the failed shell command won't
> raise an exception; it will leave a non-zero exit code in the $?
> special variable.  You'll need to check the value of $? and take
> action accordingly.
>
> --
> Avdi

Advi, the problem is I've got a script failing on a "command not
found", and not continuing onward.  I see no amount of fiddling that
can help that.