How to troubleshoot errors in cron managed BASH scripts?

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Issue

  • A BASH script that completes when run interactively fails when executed by cron
  • BASH script in cron job fails but completes when run in a login shell

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • cron

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