d9aaedf4614b86b3f4bd2aae4b44443019a14b45
hiram
  Mon Apr 27 15:26:46 2026 -0700
claude says it does not like the b in: set -beEu -o pipefail - so remove that and now have worked all the way to email notification to the user with all files present in appropriate locations refs #31811

diff --git src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
index 18d42c128ea..f8bea42a34c 100755
--- src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
+++ src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # ottoRequestAlign.sh - look up an ottoRequest row by id and construct
 #   the kegAlignLastz.sh command line from genark metadata
 #
 # usage: ottoRequestAlign.sh <id>
 #
 # Queries hgcentraltest.ottoRequest for fromDb/toDb, then looks up
 # each accession in hgcentraltest.genark for asmName and clade.
 # Prints and executes the resulting kegAlignLastz.sh command.
 
-set -beEu -o pipefail
+set -eEu -o pipefail
 
 ############################################################################
 ### verify arguments
 ############################################################################
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
   printf "usage: ottoRequestAlign.sh <id>\n" 1>&2
   printf "  where <id> is a row id from hgcentraltest.ottoRequest\n" 1>&2
   exit 255
 fi
 
 export requestId="$1"
 
 # validate id is a positive integer
 case "${requestId}" in
   ''|*[!0-9]*)