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NAME

exit - exit the current shell

SYNOPSIS

exit [ options ] [n]

DESCRIPTION

exit is shell special built-in that causes the shell that invokes it to exit. Before exiting the shell, if the EXIT trap is set it will be invoked.

If n is given, it will be used to set the exit status.

EXIT STATUS

If n is specified, the exit status is the least significant eight bits of the value of n. Otherwise, the exit status is the exit status of preceding command. When invoked inside a trap, the preceding command means the command that invoked the trap.

SEE ALSO

break(1), return(1)

IMPLEMENTATION

version

exit (AT&T Research) 1999-07-07

author

David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>

copyright

Copyright © 1982-2010 AT&T Intellectual Property

license

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt