1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cut.c b/cut.c
index 89a934e76..7b183e8fd 100644
--- a/cut.c
+++ b/cut.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 cut();
         }
 
-        exit(exit_status);
+        return(exit_status);
 }
 
 /* cut - extract columns from a file or stdin.  Author: Michael J. Holme