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From: larry@sgistl.SGI.COM (Larry Autry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: test the exit status inside a shell
Keywords: exit status
Message-ID: <5651@sgistl.SGI.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 88 12:59:17 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics in St.Louis, MO
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Is there a way to test the exit status of the previously executed process
while in a shell?  In other words, if the previous program returned an exit
status of (2) (or even (0)), then perform something based upon that return 
value.
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					Larry Autry
larry@sgistl.sgi.com
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