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    #purpose: simple program that exits and returns a status code back to the linux kernel

    #Input: none

    #output: returns a status code. this can e viewed by typing echo $? after running the program

    #variables: %eax holds the system call number (this is always the case)

    # %ebx holds the return status

    .section .data

    .section .text

    .globl _start

_start:

    movl $1, %eax #this is the linux kernel command number (system call) for exiting a program

    movl $0, %ebx #this is the status number we will return to the operating system. change this around and it will return different things to echo $?

    int $0x80     #this wakes up the kernel to run the exist command