How to make a forced exit from Matlab with returning a code?

Hi all, I try to exit from Matlab in a script and want to return a code to the command line. I know that there is the command
exit(code);
to do that. But in my case, some unsaved Simulink files prevent me from exiting. That's why I use
exit force;
to exit from Matlab without beeing asked to save the file first. But this command does not allow to pass a code to the command line. I tried something like
exit(code, 'force')
But that didn't work. Any other ideas?
Thanks a lot, Ralf

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in the command window do this: ctrl+c and it will force the code to stop running

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Sorry, I need to exit from a Matlab script. I am not sitting in front of the PC when this (batch of) scripts run.

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exit %edited after sir Walter’s comment

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How can I set an exit code using exit, leave?
Try it in your script and experiment what happens
There is no leave in MATLAB. There are exit and quit.
exit supports a return code but quit does not.
Ah Thank you sir Walter till date I had been using it together but didn’t looked into it so deeper though :)
Thank you, Walter. But is there a way to combine an exit code with the force statement?
It turns out that although the two are documented differently, they take the same options. However, only one option is permitted; it must be 'force' or 'cancel' or a scalar integer (negative values are permitted.) It is possible that there are additional undocumented options.

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