Ctrl-C in bash scripts
How do I implement ctrl+c handling in bash scripts so that the script is interrupted, as well as the currently running command launched by the script?
(Imagine there's a script that executes some long-running command. The user hits ctrl+c and interrupts the command, but the script proceeds.) I need it to behave in a way that they are both killed.
You do this by creating a subroutine you want to call when SIGINT is received, and you need to run trap 'subroutinename' INT
.
Example:
#!/bin/bash
int_handler()
{
echo "Interrupted."
# Kill the parent process of the script.
kill $PPID
exit 1
}
trap 'int_handler' INT
while true; do
sleep 1
echo "I'm still alive!"
done
# We never reach this part.
exit 0