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Re: Why usage function exit with code 129?

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Jan 6, 2012, 08:06 UTC
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>> [1] http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
>
> No it does not mean terminated by signals.
> --

In that case, why not just use another code instead of the code that leads misunderstanding? I mean, as far as I know, exit code between 129 and 255 are used to indicate the program terminated by signal. So that usage function can only exit with code between 1 and 127. Am I wrong?

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