Returning a value to shell script from a node.js file

Question

I am calling a NodeJS file like this in a shell script:

$ node process.js
$ let "errors |= $?"

I want to see if the process.js file returned any errors. How do I return a value inside process.js file so that I can capture it in my shell script.

laggingreflex · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-17 22:10:27Z

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You can set the exitCode (and let the node process die naturally):

process.exitCode = 1

Or you can force-kill it:

process.exit(1)

in both cases it will return 1 as the exit code.

answered Jun 3, 2015 at 4:38

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