A English grammar question on script

[fl]

Hi,

I read a shell script on line tutorial. It has the exercise, see below please. I do not understand "not down the exit status". Could you explain it in simple English to me?


Thanks.

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Exercise
Try the following commands and not down the exit status:
$ expr 1 + 3
$ echo $?

$ echo Welcome
$ echo $?

$ wildwest canwork?
$ echo $?

$ date
$ echo $?

$ echon $?
$ echo $?

[root]

I think it was meant to be jot down the exit status.
jot=write it down somewhere

[unruh]

On 2013-05-04, fl <rxj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I read a shell script on line tutorial. It has the exercise, see below please. I do not understand "not down the exit status". Could you explain it in simple English to me?

Yes. there is an invisible 'e' that you did not notice.
"...commands and note down the exit status."

In case you realised that and are confused about the phrase "note down"
this means to write it down. But in this context it also means to think
about its value, and why it has that value given the previous command.

[The Natural Philosopher]

NOTE down...

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[Chris Davies]

fl <rxj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I read a shell script on line tutorial. It has the exercise, see below
> please. I do not understand "not down the exit status". Could you explain
> it in simple English to me?

> Try the following commands and not down the exit status:

Typo. It's probably either "jot" as someone else suggested, or
"note". Both mean "write".

Chris