What does return mean?

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I'm analyzing a shell script and I'm a little confused with the piece of code bellow.

Can someone explain me what return; is doing in this case?

if [ -f "$BYPASS_EXISTING_NETWORK_TEST_FILE" ]; then

      dloginfo "Skipping existing network test; mandated by configuration."
      # Consume the file.
      rm -f "$BYPASS_EXISTING_NETWORK_TEST_FILE"
      return;
fi

Possible duplicate of [Difference between return and exit in BASH functions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419952/difference-between-return-and-exit-in-bash-functions) — George Vasiliou, Dec 28 '17 at 15:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '18 at 11:11

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return will return a value from the function.

information from help return

answered Jan 12 '18 at 11:11

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