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exit (command)
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<h2 id="implementations">Implementations</h2> <p>Operating systems, shells, and scripting languages providing this command include <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> <a href="/facts/MSX-DOS/xbb74Lbw">MSX-DOS</a> version 2,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/OS/2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Digital_Research/9bYQl2pI">DR</a> <a href="/facts/FlexOS/563z8WWo">FlexOS</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">HP</a> <a href="/facts/HP_Multi-Programming_Executive/sqWtI9Qh">MPE/iX</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <a href="/facts/KolibriOS/rPAkvoYn">KolibriOS</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <a href="/facts/SymbOS/xwVckFY0">SymbOS</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Cmd.exe/FUmTvew6">cmd.exe</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Bourne_shell/wUCh3Qkl">sh</a>, <a href="/facts/Korn_shell/MMp8fQ4A">ksh</a>, <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a>, <a href="/facts/AWK/lAQ0leyj">AWK</a>, <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/Transaction_Control_Language/UjQLJcYm">TCL</a>, <a href="/facts/PowerShell/G1d10lwn">PowerShell</a>, and others. </p><p>On <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>, the command is available in versions 2 and later.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> <a href="/facts/DR_DOS_6.0/GcCTKutW">DR DOS 6.0</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Datalight/I6X8HJNC">Datalight</a> <a href="/facts/ROM-DOS/I6X8HJNC">ROM-DOS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> also include an implementation of the exit command. It is also available in the <a href="/facts/Open-source_license/FlFTwHmd">open source</a> MS-DOS <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> <a href="/facts/DOSBox/Du2egHYo">DOSBox</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Numerical_analysis/QT9cYa9z">numerical computing</a> environment <a href="/facts/MATLAB/qPjLISCk">MATLAB</a> includes an exit function with similar functionality.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Exit_(system_call)/dnhClTUU">exit (system call)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Exit_status/V3uTvuNo">Exit status</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Unix_commands/EEuIsUx9">List of Unix commands</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_DOS_commands/d72UqhJ3">List of DOS commands</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Cooper, Jim (2001). <i>Special Edition Using MS-DOS 6.22, Third Edition</i>. <a href="/facts/Que_Publishing/UNq9rds8">Que Publishing</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0789725738.</li> <li>Dyson, Peter (1995). <i>Mastering OS/2 Warp</i>. <a href="/facts/Sybex/53g3LqJc">Sybex</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0782116632.</li> <li>Barrett, Daniel J. (2012). <i>Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide: Take Command of Your Mac</i>. <a href="/facts/O%27Reilly_Media/Fr3Kv7sm">O'Reilly</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1449328986.</li> <li>Stanek, William R. (2008). <i>Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition</i>. <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Press/5bNASSu4">Microsoft Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0735622623.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: <i>Guide to Windows Commands</i> The Wikibook <i>Guide to Unix</i> has a page on the topic of: <i>Commands</i> <ul><li><a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#exit">exit</a>: cause the shell to exit – Commands & Utilities Reference, <a href="/facts/Single_UNIX_Specification/w1ba5bDt">The Single UNIX® Specification</a>, Issue 7 from <a href="/facts/The_Open_Group/uRoDdEae">The Open Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/exit_2">exit | Microsoft Docs</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>MSX-DOS version 2 <a href="https://archive.org/details/MSXDOS2" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/MSXDOS2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"User Guide" (PDF). www.bitsavers.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132130/http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132130/http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"MPE/iX Command Reference Manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2023-08-05. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232213/http://www.teamnaconsulting.com/compresources/pdfs/c01687363.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232213/http://www.teamnaconsulting.com/compresources/pdfs/c01687363.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Shell - KolibriOS wiki". wiki.kolibrios.org. <a href="http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Shell" target="_blank">http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Shell</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Data". www.symbos.de. <a href="http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00025" target="_blank">http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00025</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Archiveddocs. "Exit3". docs.microsoft.com. <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc770929(v%3dws.11)" target="_blank">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc770929(v%3dws.11)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7. <a href="0-7356-1812-7" target="_blank">0-7356-1812-7</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips <a href="https://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/docs/DR%20DOS%206.0%20User%20Guide-opt.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/docs/DR%20DOS%206.0%20User%20Guide-opt.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Datalight ROM-DOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.datalight.com. <a href="https://www.datalight.com/assets/files/ROM-DOS_Users_Guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.datalight.com/assets/files/ROM-DOS_Users_Guide.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Terminate MATLAB program (Same as quit) - MATLAB exit". <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/exit.html" target="_blank">https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/exit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>