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Exit Codes Overview

Understanding exit codes is crucial when dealing with shell commands:

Exit Code	Description
0	Success: The command completed successfully.
1	General error: Catchall for general errors.
2	Misuse of shell builtins (e.g., cd).
126	Command invoked cannot execute.
127	Command not found.
128	Invalid argument to exit.
130	Script terminated by Control-C.
137	Script terminated by kill (or OOM).
139	Segmentation fault.
141	Script terminated by kill -13 (SIGPIPE).
143	Script terminated by kill -15 (SIGTERM).
255	Exit status out of range (exceeds 255).