tldr/pages/common/return.md

# return

> Exit a function or a script if run with `source`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-return>.

- Exit a function prematurely:

`{{func_name}}() { {{echo "This is reached"}}; return; {{echo "This is not"}}; }`

- Specify the function's return value:

`{{func_name}}() { return {{exit_code}}; }`
return: add page (#15244) 2024-12-26 09:21:30 +02:00			`# return`

			> Exit a function or a script if run with `source`.
			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-return>.`

			`- Exit a function prematurely:`

			`{{func_name}}() { {{echo "This is reached"}}; return; {{echo "This is not"}}; }`

			`- Specify the function's return value:`

pages/*: use lowercase `n` for integer placeholders (#16033) Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2025-03-27 15:53:12 +00:00			`{{func_name}}() { return {{exit_code}}; }`