.. program::exit:

exit - exit the shell
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Synopsis
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**exit** [*code*]

Description
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``exit`` is a special builtin that causes the shell to exit. If ``code`` is specified, the exit status is the eight least significant bits of ``n``. Otherwise, the exit status will be that of the last command executed. 

If exit is called while sourcing a file (using the :program:`source` builtin) the rest of the file will be skipped, but the shell itself will not exit.