# \#example

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## [Example bash script to get details about why a step failed](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/example-bash-script-to-get-details-about-why-a-step-failed/38996)

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**Author:** [@nbialostosky](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/nbialostosky)\
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**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/example-bash-script-to-get-details-about-why-a-step-failed/38996 "2021-02-02T18:26:18Z")

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Hi There! Recently the Support team created a script to easily get the last few lines of a failed step. This script can be used to pull details via the API on why a step exited as it returns the last 20 lines of the log…