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Testing the Exit Status of a Command

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BashShell.net; By Mike Weber 		Mail this story
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The Bash shell provides a builtin command that allows you to test the exit status of a command to determine if the command was successful or not. The test command provides a way to make decisions about what will happen next in a script.

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