The return builtin command

return [N]

The return command returns from a shell function.

If N is given, the return code to the caller is set to N. If not, the returned status the the status of the most recently executed command (i.e. $?).

There are no options.

If everything is okay, the return command doesn't come back. If it comes back, there was a problem in doing the return.

• The exit builtin command
• The exit status