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Old 11-17-2014
Exit code
can anyone tell what the exit status - 137 belongs in unix shell scripting.
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Old 11-17-2014
Which component in particular is giving 137? The shell or a tool called inside the shell script? If the shell, which shell is being used? Maybe post a bit more of the output using code tags, thanks.
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Old 11-17-2014
which shell?
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Old 11-17-2014
When process exits with exit code 137 it usually means it was terminated by being sent a SIGKILL signal.

When a process exits with an exit code greater than 128, the command:
Code:
kill -l exit_code

will tell you what signal is associated with that exit code on your system. Signal numbers can vary from OS to OS, but SIGKILL being signal #9 is pretty close to universal.
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