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Re: the mystery values of $?: 147 and 148
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: the mystery values of $?: 147 and 148 |
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Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:32:12 -0500 |
> Here at Clodsburger Research, we discovered the mystery values, 147
> and 148. Please document them on the man page.
"The return value of a simple command is its exit status, or 128+n if
the command is terminated by signal n."
You can quibble about whether `stopped', `suspended' and `terminated'
all mean the same thing, but their effect in this context is clearly
identical.
Chet
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