General Command Line Topics

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Exit Codes

When a command is executed from the command line, then an exit code is return. The exit code, also called exit status or exit status code, is a positive integer that tells you whether the command executed with or without errors.

Exit Code	Meaning
0	Success — the command completed without errors.
> 0	Executed with errors

Exit codes greater than zero mean are specific to the Operating System, Shell, and/or command.

To access the exit code, execute the command, then do the following depending:

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.. tabs::

    .. group-tab:: Powershell

        .. code-block:: powershell

           > echo $LASTEXITCODE

    .. group-tab:: Bash

        .. code-block:: bash

            $ echo $?

    .. group-tab:: Command Prompt


        .. code-block:: text

            > echo %ERRORLEVEL%

For Click specific behavior on exit codes, see {ref}exception-handling-exit-codes.