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what's the difference between running a exit command inside a file and a terminal

if I run exit command in terminal, then the terminal will exit and close itself.
if I run the following command then terminal wont close itself (note the use of exit command in if-else command:

#!/bin/bash
a=1
if [ $a -eq 1 ]
then
echo i am true
exit
else
echo i am false
fi

NOTE: I use if-else condition in above code just for demonstration, it has nothing to do with my question.
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Solution

  • Executing the script invokes another copy of the script interpreter. It is this interpreter (in this case, bash) that exits, returning control back to the executing program.