Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stevens
From: stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Exit Value from Awk
Message-ID: <1817@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 09:23:54 GMT
References: <1990Jul17.203037.22283@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Reply-To: stevens@hsi.com (Richard Stevens)
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT.
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In article <1990Jul17.203037.22283@ccu.umanitoba.ca> mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to set the exit code from awk within an awk
>script?

Just say  "exit <expression>".  I just tried it and it works under
V7 awk, SVR3.1 awk, nawk, and gawk.

	Richard Stevens
	3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT
	   stevens@hsi.com