shell.txt

robe@abundantia ~/tmp % cat exit_2.sh
#!/bin/sh

exit 2
robe@abundantia ~/tmp % cat subshell_one_command.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
(
  ./exit_2.sh
)
robe@abundantia ~/tmp % cat subshell_two_commands.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
(
  echo "starting!"
  ./exit_2.sh
)
robe@abundantia ~/tmp % ./subshell_one_command.sh
2 robe@abundantia ~/tmp % echo $?
2
robe@abundantia ~/tmp % ./subshell_two_commands.sh
starting!
1 robe@abundantia ~/tmp % echo $?
1
robe@abundantia ~/tmp %