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Daniel Kaplan
Asked: 2021-01-05 10:13:00 +0800 CST

Can I stop SSH Terminal window, into Ubuntu command line, from closing on error in Perl script?

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My apologies if I am in the wrong Stack section, if I am please just let me know and I will delete this post.

I am running Perl scripts on my Ubuntu server, 18.04. I run them from my Mac and PC. One of them is a short, repetitive Perl script that relies on an outdated CPAN module, sometimes the app crashes and the SSH (Putty.exe and Terminal) connection just closes.

For the few times when I see the error, I am able to find where it occurred and throw in a "try/catch" statement. But with the window closing, if I am not there, I have no idea where the error is.

Is there a way to keep terminal window from auto-closing?

command-line

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  1. Best Answer

    Yes, both in PuTTY and in GNOME terminal there is an option to prevent window from auto-closing. In PuTTY, it is on the main Session tab, in GNOME terminal, it is on the Command tab. You can set the window to stay open after the script finishes.

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