amixer returns a RC=1 when you use 'amixer -v' while other 'amixer' commands (like 'amixer -h` or `amixer --help') return with a '0'.

[GitHub issues - opened]

alsa-project/alsa-utils issue #149 was opened from juggledad:

amixer version 1.2.4
Raspberry Pi Zero W v1.1
Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) - desktop version
Node-RED v2.2.2

This was discovered using an `exec` node in  on a  The exec node runs a command and returns its output. When running a test, I wanted to get the amixer version. There are two ways to ask `amixer` for it's version number
1 - use 'amixer -v'
2 - use 'amixer --version`
Both returned the version number but had a Return Code of 1. All other 'amixer' commands (like 'amixer -h` or `amixer --help') return with a '0'.

Here is a copy of the node-red flow that was used:

`
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`

Issue URL     : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/issues/149
Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils