Solaris™ 7 Reference

exit, return, goto — Shell Built-in Functions to Enable the Shell to Advance Beyond Its Sequence of Steps

Synopsis

sh

exit [n] 
return [n] 

csh

exit [(expr)] 
goto label
						

ksh

* exit [n] 
* return [n] 

Description

Bourne Shell

exit exits the calling shell or shell script with the exit status specified by n . If you omit n , the exit status is that of the last command executed (an end-of-file exits the shell).

return exits a function with the return value specified by n . If you omit n , the return status is that of the last command executed.

C Shell

exit exits the calling shell or shell script, either with the value of the status variable or with the value specified by the expression expr .

The goto built-in uses a specified label as a ...