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“trap … INT TERM EXIT” really necessary?

Many examples for trap use trap ... INT TERM EXIT for cleanup tasks. But is it really necessary to list all the three sigspecs? The manual says: If a SIGNAL_SPEC is EXIT (0) ARG is executed on ...
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Trap signals by an external shell on bash?

I tried to do this script: #!/bin/bash trap "echo trapped!" SIGUSR2 sleep 3s kill -SIGUSR2 $$; exit 0 and it works because it kills itself "from the inner". if i try this #!/bin/bash trap "echo ...
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How to stop the loop bash script in terminal?

For example, #!/bin/bash while : do sl done How to terminate this bash script?
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Trap, ERR, and echoing the error line

I'm trying to create some error reporting using a Trap to call a function on all errors: Trap "_func" ERR Is it possible to get what line the ERR signal was sent from? The shell is bash. If I do ...
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How to setup trap in bash functions?

I can setup trap in bash scripts but not bash functions. For example, source the code below and run f, now try Ctrl+C, it's not been trapped! How to setup trap in bash functions? 4 trap ctrl_c ...
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How can I trap a program that returns 139 (segmentation fault) in bash?

I have a bash script that tests some programs and one of the program returns Segmentation fault so I tried to add a trap in the head of my script: trap "echo 'segfault occured!'" SIGSEGV That ...
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Wrapper program that sets signal handler

I would like to have a wrapper program that runs a given command and sets a signal handler so that it gets run when the command receives a specified signal. The question is this: Is there an ...
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Bash: keybinding/trap issue

My .bashrc has the following: # Alt+L lists current directory bind -x "\"\el\":ls -ltrF --color=auto;" # trap commands and echo them to xterm titlebar. trap 'echo -ne "\033]0;$BASH_COMMAND - ...
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What is signal 0 in a trap command?

I'm following this guide on how to set up passwordless SSH authentication with ssh-agent. To start up ssh-agent the author recommends the following code in .bash_profile: SSHAGENT=/usr/bin/ssh-agent ...