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diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 862fd022b64d..0abec6ed4994 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -2043,6 +2043,14 @@ Similarly, the .Dq Li set -E ) command can be used to enable a subset of emacs-style command line editing features. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +Errors that are detected by the shell, such as a syntax error, will +cause the shell to exit with a non-zero exit status. +If the shell is not an interactive shell, the execution of the shell +file will be aborted. +Otherwise the shell will return the exit status of the last command +executed, or if the exit builtin is used with a numeric argument, it +will return the argument. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr builtin 1 , .Xr echo 1 , |