Use perl:
perl -e '$a=shift; `<< other code >>`; exit $a' $? # Fails in csh
Edit This works in csh, too:
perl -e '$a=shift; `<< other code >>`; $a=~s/h// and exit $a; exit shift' "$?h" "$status"
Ole Tange
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