I have a java classpath running inside of a unix shell script. During my testing it will error with lines that show an example like this below.

java.io.FileNotFoundException error
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:129),

which I know why I get that error, but when I set in my unix shell script this to see the right exit status of success/fail, it always shows a 0 for success when that isn't really the case. Below is the two lines I have set to capture the exit status and just display that exit status for now.

notifycode=$?
echo $notifycode

I have these 2 lines above on a line right below my java command in my unix shell script. How can I get my unix shell script to capture any error exit status during my shell script?