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So in order to get my correct exit codes I would need to pass the argument I'm typing into script2 into script1 then my $? results would match my exit codes in script1?

dylanw
– dylanw

2020-10-10 17:11:03 +00:00
Commented Oct 10, 2020 at 17:11
@dylanw, yes, command line arguments don't get automatically "inherited" to other scripts, commands or functions

ilkkachu
– ilkkachu

2020-10-10 17:15:17 +00:00
Commented Oct 10, 2020 at 17:15
@ikkachu, now I should be able to just write something like if [ {$result} = 0 ] then echo "found filename" fi to set the exit codes = to whatever text I want?

dylanw
– dylanw

2020-10-10 17:34:30 +00:00
Commented Oct 10, 2020 at 17:34
@dylanw, yeah, res=$?; if [ "$res" = 0 ]; then echo 'return value was zero'; fi

ilkkachu
– ilkkachu

2020-10-10 18:22:34 +00:00
Commented Oct 10, 2020 at 18:22

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