SSH CLI exit codes

The SSH CLI commands return exit codes.

All CLI commands that are run in an SSH client single-command environment provide exit codes to indicate their outcomes. The following table shows exit codes that are supported; other exit codes are reserved for future use.

Table 1. SSH CLI exit codes

Name	Value (decimal)	Description
EX_OK	0	Successful command execution.
EX_USAGE	64	Command-line usage error: syntax error, wrong command arguments or number of arguments, or invalid command target.
EX_DATAERR	65	Input data error: invalid configuration file or SSH key parsing error.
EX_NOINPUT	66	The input file does not exist or is not readable.
EX_UNAVAILABLE	69	The command-line interface is not available: CLI oversubscribed, CLI disabled, or the data returned by a command has an unexpected value.
EX_SOFTWARE	70	Internal software error. Check the CMM event log for other error indications.
EX_TEMPFAIL	75	The command could not perform a write operation because the device or CMM was not in the correct state. Check for conflicting tasks or conditions and try to run the command again.
CLI_ERR_NOT_AUTHORIZED	126	Authorization error: the user does not have sufficient privileges to execute the command.
CLI_ERR_CNF	127	Command not found.