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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Return Codes... Post 302867261 by wisecracker on Wednesday 23rd of October 2013 05:29:02 PM
Old 10-23-2013
Return Codes...
Not sure if this is of any use but......

I was messing around with getting return codes greater than 255 for special usage...

Of course the code could be made simple but in this code the new stored return code
is generated as exit is progressing...
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Real and imaginary return codes...
> /tmp/return.code
imaginary_return_code=1234567890
RC=0
while true
do
	# Do some stuff and......
	# Generate your real RC value to exit with 0 to 254.
	# Generate your imaginary value to exit with 255 to 2147483647, add text too IF required.
	if [ $imaginary_return_code -ge 255 ]
	then
		RC=255
	fi
	if [ $RC -eq 255 ]
	then
		exit $RC $( printf "Error number $imaginary_return_code:- Idiot at the keyboard\!" > /tmp/return.code )
	else
		exit $RC
	fi
done

Results on OSX 10.7.5, default shell...
Code:
Last login: Wed Oct 23 22:15:16 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./RC.sh
AMIGA:barrywalker~> RC="$?"
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo "$RC"
255
AMIGA:barrywalker~> read RC < /tmp/return.code
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo "$RC"
Error number 1234567890:- Idiot at the keyboard!
AMIGA:barrywalker~>

Last edited by wisecracker; 10-23-2013 at 06:30 PM.. Reason: Typo...
 

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locale::codes::currency

Locale::Codes::Currency(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			      Locale::Codes::Currency(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::Currency - standard codes for currency identification

SYNOPSIS

	   use Locale::Codes::Currency;

	   $curr = code2currency('usd');     # $curr gets 'US Dollar'
	   $code = currency2code('Euro');    # $code gets 'eur'

	   @codes   = all_currency_codes();
	   @names   = all_currency_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::Currency" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying currencies and funds, such as those defined in
       ISO 4217.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 4217
       three-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying currencies. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
       constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $curr = code2currency('usd','alpha');
	  $curr = code2currency('usd',LOCALE_CURR_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha, LOCALE_CURR_ALPHA
	   This is a set of three-letter (uppercase) codes from ISO 4217 such as EUR for Euro.

	   Two of the codes specified by the standard (XTS which is reserved for testing purposes and XXX which is for transactions where no
	   currency is involved) are omitted.

	   This is the default code set.

       num, LOCALE_CURR_NUMERIC
	   This is the set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 4217.

ROUTINES

       code2currency ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       currency2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       currency_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_currency_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_currency_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::rename_currency  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::add_currency  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::delete_currency  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::add_currency_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::delete_currency_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::rename_currency_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::add_currency_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Currency::delete_currency_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iso.org/iso/support/currency_codes_list-1.htm
	   The ISO 4217 data.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
	  Copyright (c) 2001	  Michael Hennecke
	  Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
	  Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					      Locale::Codes::Currency(3pm)
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