How to get exit status of program in fish shell

Question

In the bash shell, I could echo $? to get the exit code of a program run on the cli. What is the equivalent in the fish shell? Can't seem to find this in the docs.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38507636/how-to-get-exit-status-of-program-in-fish-shell

Answer 1

According to the official Fish documentation, you can use the $status variable:

How do I get the exit status of a command?

Use the $status variable. This replaces the $? variable used in some other shells.