Command to return value in Windows batch file?

Question

How can I return a value in a Windows batch file? I can do it in Unix using exit 1 but how can I do it in Windows?

Do you mean Windows BATCH file? Or do you actually have GNU Bash installed on Windows?

Iain · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-03 08:37:16Z

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In a windows batch file to return a value back to the command shell use

exit /b yourexitcode

e.g

exit /b 3

will retun 3 in %ERRORLEVEL%

answered Oct 3 '10 at 8:37

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bindbn · Answer 2 · 2010-10-03 08:31:54Z

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In Windows:

exit /b 1

answered Oct 3 '10 at 8:31

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