Name
exit
Synopsis
exit [n
]
Exit a shell script with status n
(e.g.,
exit 1). n can be zero (success) or nonzero
(failure). If n
is not given, exit status
will be that of the most recent command. exit can be issued at the
command line to close a window (log out).
Example
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [-c] [-d] file(s)"
exit 1 # Error status
fi
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