Usually, when you run a command, you get either the message: Killed ...
or something like: This specific player doesn't exist
But when you run a command and no entity fulfills the criterias, there won't be a error message (neither in command block nor chat).
Example:
/testfor @e[score_TEST=0]No objective called TEST may exist
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Confirmed.
/kill @e[type=Chicken]Killed ChickenIf you run the command again (all the chickens are dead) there is no output:
/kill @e[type=Chicken]
Please be more specific, on what exact command you don't get what responses.