# Exit
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Tags: program profiling
# Description
This command exits the executing program. It takes the form:
exit {expression}
1
where expression is the NUMERIC exit code which will be passed back to the parent process.
An example of use may be:
exitcode = 3
exit exitcode
1
2
2
to return an exit code of 3 to the parent process.