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this relies on a requirement that is not part of my (2.7.12) stdlib; i almost deleted it. instead, i will keep for fun and note the requirement for further research
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:09:04 -0700
parents f8813ed3d015
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#!/bin/bash

PID=$$

echo "The PID of this shell script is ${PID}"
ps auxwww | grep ${PID}

if which tempfile
then
    PIDFILE=$(tempfile)
    echo "PID file: ${PIDFILE}"
    echo ${PID} > ${PIDFILE}
    kill $(cat ${PIDFILE})
fi

kill ${PID}