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linux - What is the use of "echo || true"?

Why would anyone want to have a code like echo "something" || true ?

I found such a usage on line 92 of /lib/lsb/init-functions on an Ubuntu 14.04:

echo "$pid" || true

I understand that || stands for OR. But I could not find a way to make echo produce any sort of exit code other than zero. And even if it does, who cares?

I mean, using the prefix || true ensures that the exit code is always 0. So if the left-hand side of the double pipe yields anything different from 0, true will be executed and cause the whole line to yield 0.

Why the paranoia with the exit code of a simple echo? Is there anything checking if every single line on /lib/lsb/init-functions finishes with success?

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Why the paranoia with the exit code

I believe it is to avoid script exiting due to possible use of:

set -e

at start of the script which would have caused script to exit otherwise.


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