unix shell, getting exit code with piped child

Question

Let\'s say I do this in a unix shell

$ some-script.sh | grep mytext

$ echo $?

this will give me the exit code of grep

Answer 1

If you're using bash:

PIPESTATUS
    An array variable (see Arrays) containing a list of exit status values from the processes in the most-recently-executed foreground pipeline (which may contain only a single command).