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Re: check exit code

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From: sac <sac_urs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: check exit code
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:25:48 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Roman Cheplyaka <roma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I want to check exit code of some command through
> the $? variable
> (putting command into 'if' statement is not
> acceptable).
> I found currently two ways to do so:
> if (( $? == 0 )); then; echo true; else; echo false;
> fi
> if  ( exit $? ) ; then; echo true; else; echo false;
> fi
> 
> Neither of them seems to be elegant. Maybe there is
> a builtin which takes
> number as argument and returns it? Or what would you
> suggest?
> 

use,

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then; echo "ture"; fi




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