Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:24:12 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Cc: Artem Bunichev <tembun@bk.ru> Subject: git: 931d4f0ae4f2 - main - sh.1: Document the exit status of return Message-ID: <699352bc.3268f.48ff4fd@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=931d4f0ae4f2dcd088bb92459ff19c8b6aafc2cc commit 931d4f0ae4f2dcd088bb92459ff19c8b6aafc2cc Author: Artem Bunichev <tembun@bk.ru> AuthorDate: 2026-02-16 17:14:00 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-02-16 17:19:40 +0000 sh.1: Document the exit status of return It's not obvious that if `exitstatus` is omitted, the exit status of the function is taken from the last executed command. MFC after: 3 days Reviewed by: jilles, ziaee Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55026 --- bin/sh/sh.1 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 3113c1cf6166..f4340fab6cdc 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at .\" http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html. .\" -.Dd February 3, 2026 +.Dd February 9, 2026 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1223,6 +1223,10 @@ It terminates the current executional scope, returning from the closest nested function or sourced script; if no function or sourced script is being executed, it exits the shell instance. +If +.Ar exitstatus +is specified, the exit status is set to its value, +otherwise it is set to the exit status of the last executed command. The .Ic return command is implemented as a special built-in command.home | help
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