Displaying the status code of the last executed command in the terminal
Published on 2023-10-21 • Modified on 2023-10-21
This snippet shows how to display the status code of the last executed command in the terminal. It can be helpful in shell scripts but also when the command output is unclear.
echo "test exit code, it should be 0"
# Bash
echo $?
0
# If using the fish shell, the previsous command doen't work and you have to use
# the following command:
echo $status
0
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