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How to kill a bash function and what it runs
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| set -o xtrace | |
| function task { | |
| cat /dev/random >/dev/null | |
| } | |
| task & pid=$! | |
| sleep 1 | |
| ps -fH | |
| kill $pid | |
| ps -fH | |
| # At this point we see that the 'cat' is still running |
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