How to check the exit status using an if statement

Question

I was wondering what would be the best way to check the exit status in an if statement in order to echo a specific output.

I\'m thinking of it being

Answer 1

$? is a parameter like any other. You can save its value to use before ultimately calling exit.

exit_status=$?
if [ $exit_status -eq 1 ]; then
    echo "blah blah blah"
fi
exit $exit_status