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The return builtin command
Synopsis
return [N]
Description
The return command returns from a shell function.
If N is given, the return code to the caller is set to N. If not,
the returned status the the status of the most recently executed command
(i.e. $?).
Options
There are no options.
Exit status
If everything is okay, the return command doesn't come back. If it
comes back, there was a problem in doing the return.
Status Reason
1 return was called while not being in a shell function or sourced file