EXIT(1SH)               COMMAND REFERENCE               EXIT(1SH)



NAME
     exit - causes shell to exit  (sh built-in)

SYNOPSIS
     exit [ n ]

DESCRIPTION
     exit causes a shell to exit with the exit status specified
     by n.  If n is omitted, the exit status is that of the last
     command executed. An end-of-file will also exit from the
     shell. The shell variable $?  will contain the exit status
     of any process.

EXAMPLES
     The following shell script exits with the number of
     arguments it is given.

          #!/bin/sh
          exit $#

RETURN VALUE
     The exit status of exit is the value of the argument, or the
     status of the last command executed.

CAVEATS
     The default exit status comes from the exit status of the
     last command executed. This includes built-in commands such
     as break and continue, which always exit with 0.

     Functions are executed in the current shell, so they should
     use return instead of exit unless they are used to terminate
     the shell.

SEE ALSO
     break(1sh), cd(1sh), chdir(1sh), continue(1sh), csh(1csh),
     echo(1sh), eval(1sh), exec(1sh), exit(1csh), export(1sh),
     hash(1sh), login(1), pwd(1sh), read(1sh), readonly(1sh),
     return(1sh), set(1sh), sh(1sh), shift(1sh), test(1sh),
     times(1sh), trap(1sh), type(1sh), ulimit(1sh), umask(1sh),
     unset(1sh), wait(1sh), which(1sh), execve(2), ERROR(3c), and
     exit(3c).














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