#!/bin/bash

while true; do
    sleep 1
    echo "Slept 1"
    echo "Exit status $?, ok."
    sleep 1
    echo "Slept 1, now executing faulty command 'ps q'"
    ps q
    echo "Exit status $?, not ok. Loop continues forever..."
done

./loop.sh
Slept 1
Exit status 0, ok.
Slept 1, now executing faulty command 'ps q'
ps: illegal option -- q
usage: ps [-AaCcEefhjlMmrSTvwXx] [-O fmt | -o fmt] [-G gid[,gid...]]
          [-u]
          [-p pid[,pid...]] [-t tty[,tty...]] [-U user[,user...]]
       ps [-L]
Exit status 1, not ok. Loop continues forever...
Slept 1
Exit status 0, ok.
Slept 1, now executing faulty command 'ps q'
ps: illegal option -- q
usage: ps [-AaCcEefhjlMmrSTvwXx] [-O fmt | -o fmt] [-G gid[,gid...]]
          [-u]
          [-p pid[,pid...]] [-t tty[,tty...]] [-U user[,user...]]
       ps [-L]
Exit status 1, not ok. Loop continues forever...
^C