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March 16, 2016 05:09
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Snippet to do something while a particular process is active
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| apt-get update |pv -tN "Updating" > /dev/null & pid=$! | |
| trap "kill $pid 2> /dev/null" EXIT | |
| while kill -0 $pid 2> /dev/null; do | |
| tput cup 10 10 | |
| done | |
| trap - EXIT |
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