⊕ Usage

exit [ exit-value ]

⊕ Purpose

 

To return an exit status from a shell script to the script's caller.

⊕ Major options

 

None.

⊕ Behavior

 

The default exit status used if none is supplied is the exit status of the last command executed. If that is what you want, it is best to do this explicitly in the shell script:

exit $?