From 07bbc54906189dbc6543047c9a4fa5d4d4a99d9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jah-yee <166608075+Jah-yee@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 19:43:27 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify --silent flag doesn't suppress exit codes

Fixes #208. The --silent flag only suppresses error output, not
the exit code. Add an example showing how to combine --silent
with '|| shx true' to also ignore the exit status.
---
 README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72b22e2..7e9f68b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ sub
 $ shx rm -r sub                 # options work as well
 
 $ shx --silent ls fakeFileName  # silence error output
+$ shx --silent ls fakeFileName || shx true  # silence error output and ignore the exit status
 
 $ shx --negate test -d dir      # Negate status code output (e.g., failed commands will now have status 0)
 ```