Custom exit codes (exit N) in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to exit the script with status 5.

Bash Scripting

exit [1]

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A5

B0

C1

D10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using exit 0 which means success, not a custom code.

Forgetting to put a number after exit.

Using exit 5 ends the script with exit code 5, which can be checked by the calling process.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to exit with status stored in variable code.

Bash Scripting

code=7
exit [1]

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A${code}

Bcode

C$code

D"code"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using exit code which tries to exit with a command named 'code'.

Using quotes around variable name which makes it a string, not a number.

Use ${code} to expand the variable value for exit status.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the script to exit with code 3 if count is less than 5.

Bash Scripting

count=3
if [ $count [1] 5 ]; then
  exit 3
fi

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A>

B==

C-lt

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using == which tests equality, not less than.

Using = which is for assignment, not comparison.

Use -lt inside [ ] to check if count is less than 5.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to exit with code 2 if status equals 1.

Bash Scripting

status=1
if [ $status [1] 1 ]; then
  exit [2]
fi

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A==

B!=

C2

D1

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using != which means not equal.

Exiting with wrong code like 1 instead of 2.

Use == to check equality and exit 2 to exit with code 2.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to exit with code 4 if error is true and count is greater than 10.

Bash Scripting

error=true
count=15
if [ $error == true ] && [ $count [1] [2] ]; then
  exit [3]
fi

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A>

B10

C4

D<

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using < instead of > for comparison.

Exiting with wrong code like 10 or 1.

Use > to check if count is greater than 10, and exit 4 to exit with code 4.