# EXIT > [HTML Version](exit_lit.htm) _Updated June 2021_ **EXIT** (Used only from within CMD/DO files.) EXIT terminates a CMD or DO file, and is only needed when you would like to terminate it somewhere other than the physical end of the file, usually in conjunction with a conditional statement involving IF. **Example** if "\$0" = "" then : exit endif versys \$0 dir/f \$0