---
name: exit
status: documented
runtime: pp
source: src/runtime/pp/system.rs
---
```{index} single: exit; Perl built-in (pp runtime)
```

# exit

## Synopsis

```perl
exit;          # exits with status 0
exit 0;        # success
exit 1;        # failure
exit $code;
```

## Description

Terminates the program with the given exit status.

Evaluates the argument as an integer exit status and terminates
the process.  If no argument is given, exits with status 0.
`END` blocks and object destructors are run before exit (in
perl5; pperl currently calls `std::process::exit` directly).

In daemon mode (`config.daemon_mode`), exit does not terminate the
process but instead returns an `Err(RuntimeError::Exit)` so the
caller can handle it.

## See also

die, END blocks