diff --git a/scripts/generate_dump b/scripts/generate_dump
index 0862bd3b67..7096c7c04a 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_dump
+++ b/scripts/generate_dump
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ HOME=${HOME:-/root}
 USER=${USER:-root}
 TIMEOUT_MIN="5"
 SKIP_BCMCMD=0
+SAVE_STDERR=true
+RETURN_CODE=0
 
 handle_signal()
 {
@@ -46,7 +48,15 @@ handle_signal()
 }
 trap 'handle_signal' SIGINT
 
+handle_error() {
+    if [ "$1" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "ERR: RC:-$1 observed on line $2" >&2
+        RETURN_CODE=1
+    fi
+}
+
 save_bcmcmd() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local start_t=$(date +%s%3N)
     local end_t=0
     local cmd="$1"
@@ -106,6 +116,7 @@ save_bcmcmd() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bcmcmd_all_ns() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local do_gzip=${3:-false}
 
     if [[ ( "$NUM_ASICS" > 1 ) ]]; then
@@ -142,6 +153,7 @@ save_bcmcmd_all_ns() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_cmd() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local start_t=$(date +%s%3N)
     local end_t=0
     local cmd="$1"
@@ -150,6 +162,15 @@ save_cmd() {
     local do_gzip=${3:-false}
     local tarpath="${BASE}/dump/$filename"
     local timeout_cmd="timeout --foreground ${TIMEOUT_MIN}m"
+    local redirect='&>'
+    local redirect_eval='2>&1'
+
+    if ! $SAVE_STDERR
+    then
+        redirect=">"
+        redirect_eval=""
+    fi
+
     [ ! -d $LOGDIR ] && $MKDIR $V -p $LOGDIR
 
     # eval required here to re-evaluate the $cmd properly at runtime
@@ -159,7 +180,7 @@ save_cmd() {
     if $do_gzip; then
         tarpath="${tarpath}.gz"
         filepath="${filepath}.gz"
-        local cmds="$cmd 2>&1 | gzip -c > '${filepath}'"
+        local cmds="$cmd $redirect_eval | gzip -c > '${filepath}'"
         if $NOOP; then
             echo "${timeout_cmd} bash -c \"${cmds}\""
         else
@@ -170,9 +191,9 @@ save_cmd() {
         fi
     else
         if $NOOP; then
-            echo "${timeout_cmd} $cmd &> '$filepath'"
+            echo "${timeout_cmd} $cmd $redirect '$filepath'"
         else
-            eval "${timeout_cmd} $cmd" &> "$filepath"
+            eval "${timeout_cmd} $cmd" "$redirect" "$filepath"
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                 echo "Command: $cmd timedout after ${TIMEOUT_MIN} minutes."
             fi
@@ -198,6 +219,7 @@ save_cmd() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_cmd_all_ns() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local do_zip=${3:-false}
 
     # host or default namespace
@@ -226,6 +248,7 @@ save_cmd_all_ns() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 copy_from_docker() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local start_t=$(date +%s%3N)
     local end_t=0
     local docker=$1
@@ -233,7 +256,7 @@ copy_from_docker() {
     local dstpath=$3
     local timeout_cmd="timeout --foreground ${TIMEOUT_MIN}m"
 
-    local touch_cmd="sudo docker exec -i ${docker} touch ${filename}"
+    local touch_cmd="sudo docker exec ${docker} touch ${filename}"
     local cp_cmd="sudo docker cp ${docker}:${filename} ${dstpath}"
 
     if $NOOP; then
@@ -267,6 +290,7 @@ copy_from_docker() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 copy_from_masic_docker() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local docker=$1
     local filename=$2
     local dstpath=$3
@@ -292,6 +316,7 @@ copy_from_masic_docker() {
 #  vtysh namespace option
 ###############################################################################
 get_vtysh_namespace() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local asic_id=${1:-""}
     local ns=""
     if [[ ( $asic_id = "" ) ]] ; then
@@ -316,6 +341,7 @@ get_vtysh_namespace() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_vtysh() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local vtysh_cmd=$1
     local filename=$2
     local do_gzip=${3:-false}
@@ -345,6 +371,7 @@ save_vtysh() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_ip() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local ip_args=$1
     local filename="ip.$2"
     local do_gzip=${3:-false}
@@ -363,6 +390,7 @@ save_ip() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bridge() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local br_args=$1
     local filename="bridge.$2"
     local do_gzip=${3:-false}
@@ -379,6 +407,7 @@ save_bridge() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bridge_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_bridge "fdb show" "fdb"
     save_bridge "vlan show" "vlan"
 }
@@ -395,6 +424,7 @@ save_bridge_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bgp_neighbor() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local timeout_cmd="timeout --foreground ${TIMEOUT_MIN}m"
     local asic_id=${1:-""}
     local ns=$(get_vtysh_namespace $asic_id)
@@ -431,6 +461,7 @@ save_bgp_neighbor() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bgp_neighbor_all_ns() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     if [[ ( "$NUM_ASICS" == 1 ) ]] ; then
         save_bgp_neighbor
     else
@@ -451,6 +482,7 @@ save_bgp_neighbor_all_ns() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_nat_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_cmd_all_ns "iptables -t nat -nv -L" "nat.iptables"
     save_cmd_all_ns "conntrack -j -L" "nat.conntrack"
     save_cmd_all_ns "conntrack -j -L | wc" "nat.conntrackcount"
@@ -469,6 +501,7 @@ save_nat_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bfd_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_vtysh "show bfd peers" "frr.bfd.peers"
     save_vtysh "show bfd peers counters" "frr.bfd.peers.counters"
     save_vtysh "show bfd peers json" "frr.bfd.peers.json"
@@ -485,6 +518,7 @@ save_bfd_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_ip_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_ip "link" "link"
     save_ip "addr" "addr"
     save_ip "rule" "rule"
@@ -503,6 +537,7 @@ save_ip_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_bgp_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_vtysh "show ip bgp summary" "bgp.summary"
     save_vtysh "show ip bgp neighbors" "bgp.neighbors"
     save_vtysh "show ip bgp" "bgp.table"
@@ -522,6 +557,7 @@ save_bgp_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_frr_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_vtysh "show running-config" "frr.running_config"
     save_vtysh "show ip route vrf all" "frr.ip_route"
     save_vtysh "show ipv6 route vrf all" "frr.ip6_route"
@@ -541,6 +577,7 @@ save_frr_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_redis_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_redis "APPL_DB"
     save_redis "ASIC_DB"
     save_redis "COUNTERS_DB"
@@ -568,6 +605,7 @@ save_redis_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_proc() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local procfiles="$@"
     $MKDIR $V -p $TARDIR/proc
     for f in $procfiles
@@ -593,6 +631,7 @@ save_proc() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_redis() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local db_name=$1
     if [ $# -ge 2 ] && [ -n "$2" ]; then
         local dest_file_name=$2
@@ -612,6 +651,7 @@ save_redis() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_saidump() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     if [[ ( "$NUM_ASICS" == 1 ) ]] ; then
         save_cmd "docker exec -it syncd saidump" "saidump"
     else
@@ -632,6 +672,7 @@ save_saidump() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_platform_info() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     save_cmd "show platform syseeprom" "syseeprom"
     save_cmd "show platform psustatus" "psustatus"
     save_cmd "show platform ssdhealth" "ssdhealth"
@@ -659,6 +700,7 @@ save_platform_info() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_file() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local start_t=$(date +%s%3N)
     local end_t=0
     local orig_path=$1
@@ -705,6 +747,7 @@ save_file() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 find_files() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local -r directory=$1
     $TOUCH --date="${SINCE_DATE}" "${REFERENCE_FILE}"
     local -r find_command="find -L $directory -type f -newer ${REFERENCE_FILE}"
@@ -749,6 +792,7 @@ enable_logrotate() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 collect_mellanox() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local sai_dump_filename="/tmp/sai_sdk_dump_$(date +"%m_%d_%Y_%I_%M_%p")"
     ${CMD_PREFIX}docker exec -it syncd saisdkdump -f $sai_dump_filename
     ${CMD_PREFIX}docker exec syncd tar Ccf $(dirname $sai_dump_filename) - $(basename $sai_dump_filename) | tar Cxf /tmp/ -
@@ -763,9 +807,9 @@ collect_mellanox() {
     
     # Save SDK error dumps
     local sdk_dump_path=`${CMD_PREFIX}docker exec syncd cat /tmp/sai.profile|grep "SAI_DUMP_STORE_PATH"|cut -d = -f2`
-    if [[ $sdk_dump_path ]]; then
+    if [[ -d $sdk_dump_path ]]; then
         copy_from_docker syncd $sdk_dump_path  /tmp/sdk-dumps
-        for file in $(find /tmp/sdk-dumps); do
+        for file in $(find /tmp/sdk-dumps -type f); do
             save_file ${file} sai_sdk_dump false
         done
         rm -rf /tmp/sdk-dumps
@@ -782,6 +826,7 @@ collect_mellanox() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 collect_broadcom() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local platform=$(show platform summary --json | python -c 'import sys, json; \
         print(json.load(sys.stdin)["platform"])')
     local hwsku=$(show platform summary --json | python -c 'import sys, json; \
@@ -868,6 +913,7 @@ collect_broadcom() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_log_files() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     disable_logrotate
     trap enable_logrotate HUP INT QUIT TERM KILL ABRT ALRM
 
@@ -907,6 +953,7 @@ save_log_files() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_warmboot_files() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     # Copy the warmboot files
     start_t=$(date +%s%3N)
     if $NOOP; then
@@ -935,6 +982,7 @@ save_warmboot_files() {
 ###############################################################################
 save_crash_files() {
     # archive core dump files
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     for file in $(find_files "/var/core/"); do
         # don't gzip already-gzipped log files :)
         if [ -z "${file##*.gz}" ]; then
@@ -967,9 +1015,15 @@ save_crash_files() {
 #  ASIC Count
 ###############################################################################
 get_asic_count() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
+    local redirect_eval="2>&1"
+    if ! $SAVE_STDERR 
+    then
+         redirect_eval=""
+    fi
     local cmd="show platform summary --json | python -c 'import sys, json; \
                print(json.load(sys.stdin)[\"asic_count\"])'"
-    echo `eval ${cmd} 2>&1`
+    echo `eval ${cmd} ${redirect_eval}`
 }
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -983,6 +1037,7 @@ get_asic_count() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 save_counter_snapshot() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local asic_name="$1"
     local idx=$2
     counter_t=$(date +'%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S:%6N')
@@ -1016,6 +1071,7 @@ save_counter_snapshot() {
 #  None
 ###############################################################################
 main() {
+    trap 'handle_error $? $LINENO' ERR
     local start_t=0
     local end_t=0
     if [ `whoami` != root ] && ! $NOOP;
@@ -1094,12 +1150,12 @@ main() {
     if [[ ( "$NUM_ASICS" > 1 ) ]]; then
         for (( i=0; i<$NUM_ASICS; i++ ))
         do
-            save_cmd "docker exec -it lldp$i lldpcli show statistics" "lldp$i.statistics"
+            save_cmd "docker exec lldp$i lldpcli show statistics" "lldp$i.statistics"
             save_cmd "docker logs bgp$i" "docker.bgp$i.log"
             save_cmd "docker logs swss$i" "docker.swss$i.log"
         done
     else
-        save_cmd "docker exec -it lldp lldpcli show statistics" "lldp.statistics"
+        save_cmd "docker exec lldp lldpcli show statistics" "lldp.statistics"
         save_cmd "docker logs bgp" "docker.bgp.log"
         save_cmd "docker logs swss" "docker.swss.log"
     fi
@@ -1192,6 +1248,7 @@ main() {
     fi
 
     echo ${TARFILE}
+    exit $RETURN_CODE
 }
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -1247,11 +1304,13 @@ OPTIONS
         "24 March", "yesterday", etc.
     -t TIMEOUT_MINS
         Command level timeout in minutes
+    -r 
+        Redirect any intermediate errors to STDERR
 
 EOF
 }
 
-while getopts ":xnvhzas:t:" opt; do
+while getopts ":xnvhzas:t:r" opt; do
     case $opt in
         x)
             # enable bash debugging
@@ -1293,6 +1352,9 @@ while getopts ":xnvhzas:t:" opt; do
         t)
             TIMEOUT_MIN="${OPTARG}"
             ;;
+        r)
+            SAVE_STDERR=false
+            ;;
         /?)
             echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
             exit 1
diff --git a/show/main.py b/show/main.py
index 672ef2127d..c4cec8df8e 100644
--- a/show/main.py
+++ b/show/main.py
@@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@ def users(verbose):
 @click.option('--verbose', is_flag=True, help="Enable verbose output")
 @click.option('--allow-process-stop', is_flag=True, help="Dump additional data which may require system interruption")
 @click.option('--silent', is_flag=True, help="Run techsupport in silent mode")
-def techsupport(since, global_timeout, cmd_timeout, verbose, allow_process_stop, silent):
+@click.option('--redirect-stderr', '-r', is_flag=True, help="Redirect an intermediate errors to STDERR")
+def techsupport(since, global_timeout, cmd_timeout, verbose, allow_process_stop, silent, redirect_stderr):
     """Gather information for troubleshooting"""
     cmd = "sudo timeout -s SIGTERM --foreground {}m".format(global_timeout)
 
@@ -1229,6 +1230,8 @@ def techsupport(since, global_timeout, cmd_timeout, verbose, allow_process_stop,
     if since:
         cmd += " -s '{}'".format(since)
     cmd += " -t {}".format(cmd_timeout)
+    if redirect_stderr:
+        cmd += " -r"
     run_command(cmd, display_cmd=verbose)