$?

Exit status of the most recently executed command.

Last updated: 2026-05-12 Report error

Syntax

$echo $?

Examples

$ls /tmp && echo $?

Examples

$false; echo $?

Typical use cases

Check command result in scripts

command; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then ... fi

Note 0 means success, non-zero indicates an error condition.

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