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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 |

===== Examples =====

===== Portability considerations =====

===== See also =====

• The exit builtin command
• The exit status