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--- bash:output:check_exit_status [2021/01/26 14:52] – peter
+++ bash:output:check_exit_status [2021/01/26 14:58] (current) – [Exit Status from a piped command - using PIPESTATUS] peter
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-===== Exit Status from a piped command - using PIPESTATUS =====
+===== Exit Status from a piped command - use PIPESTATUS =====
-What if you want the exit status of one command from a pipeline?  If you want the last command's status, no problem -- it's in $?  just like before.  If you want some other command's status, use the PIPESTATUS array (BASH only.  In the case of Zsh, it's lower-cased pipestatus).
+What if you want the exit status of one command from a pipeline?
+If you want the last command's status, no problem -- it's in **$?** just like before.
+If you want some other command's status, use the PIPESTATUS array.
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This is BASH only.
+In the case of Zsh, it's lower-cased pipestatus).
+</WRAP>
 Say you want the exit status of grep in the following: