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Old 08-24-2006
where can I get exit code meanings?

I'm investigating strange behaviour on two boxes (Sun OS 5.10 and AIX 5.1) in ksh
have used $? to get exit codes returned:-
137 and 34
where can I find what these mean?

thank you
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Old 08-24-2006
exit code are specific to the utilities returning them. check the 'man' pages for the corresponding utilities.
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