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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: How to echo the return value of a program
From:       Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar () freenet ! de>
Date:       2011-01-22 9:24:32
Message-ID: 201101221024.32907.zanghar () freenet ! de
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On Saturday 22 January 2011 09:29:11 ali hagigat wrote:
> I want to print the return value of an executable like:
> make -q -f makefile22
> The above command returns non-zero if the targets are not up to date.
> How can i see that value by shell commands. I am using /bin/bash,
> Fedora gnome-terminal.

simply use 

$?

to get it.

Chris


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