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    Personally I think some more detailed explanation of why this is preferred would enhance this answer, but yeah, this is the approach I use in real scripts. Commented Nov 17 at 18:46
  • Thanks for the answer kind user! I will use your method in the future for other projects, but wanted to implement verbose error handling which I forgot to mention in the original post. Thanks for your time :) Commented Nov 18 at 4:15
  • @DavidZ: Answer updated, Not sure exactly what you mean but I gave it a shot. Commented Nov 18 at 15:31
  • @EmberNeurosis: I amended the answer to address what I think you seek. Commented Nov 18 at 15:32
  • I suspect that croak would be improved by exec >&2 early on, given the args seem intended for standard error stream. Commented Nov 18 at 16:50