[Techtalk] Shell script to send user defined signal to a process

[Stratis Aftousmis]

I made a mistake:

#!/bin/bash
test & kill $!   #'!' expand's to the PID of the last
exit 1           #program run. The '&' run's the process
                 #in the background, use '&' instead of
                 #'&&'.
This program will run in the background and allow you to kill it in the
foreground.

A good way to test it on the command line is:

find / -name services <enter>
find / -name services & kill $! <enter>

It will run a few second's before kill kill's it.

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