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Noah K

@simon if you trap on the pseudo signal EXIT it will kick in on other exit modes too :)

17 Aug 2023 at 4:00 | Wall-to-wall | Open on cloudisland.nz
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Simon Willison
Simon Willison

@coderanger Got it - that looks like this: trap cleanup EXIT

17 Aug 2023 at 4:13 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
Hynek Schlawack

@simon @coderanger yayyy MastodonNoah still beats ChatGPT

17 Aug 2023 at 4:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Noah K

@hynek @simon to be fair, bash is probably the most poorly documented programming language in existence.

17 Aug 2023 at 4:46 | Open on cloudisland.nz
Hynek Schlawack

@coderanger @simon I was gonna quip that Bash is a prime example where ChatGPT is a bad choice because 99% of Bash scripts out there are dangerous, hot garbage.

17 Aug 2023 at 4:47 | Open on mastodon.social
Noah K

@hynek @simon long ago I worked on an install script that had to work on a half dozen different unixes. It started with a comment like “if you are under 30, please consult an old person before trying any optimizations here”. Because bash on aix vs linux vs macos was such a mess.

17 Aug 2023 at 4:50 | Open on cloudisland.nz
Noah K

@simon same idea but trap functionname EXIT, and it will run on any non sigkill exit

17 Aug 2023 at 4:16 | Open on cloudisland.nz
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