Bash – how to find last command exit status code

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When writing bash scripts or running something on command line, last command exit code status is stored in environment variable $?. It can also be used to get exit code of subshell command $(). Here is example bash code showing how you can use it.

ls /etc/passwd_non_existing > /dev/null 2>&1 
echo "exit code: $?"
ls /etc/passwd
echo "exit code: $?"
somevar=$(ls /etc/passwd_non_existing)
echo "exit code: $?"
Env: GNU bash, version 4.2.46




			  

			  

		  
		  


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