trap
Automatically execute commands after receiving signals by processes or the operating system. Can be used to perform cleanups for interruptions by the user or other actions. More information: https://manned.org/trap.
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List available signals to set traps for:
trap -l
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List active traps for the current shell:
trap -p
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Set a trap to execute commands when one or more signals are detected:
trap 'echo "Caught signal {{SIGHUP}}"' {{SIGHUP}}
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Remove active traps:
trap - {{SIGHUP}} {{SIGINT}}
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