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From: jdf@ccvi.ccv.fr (Jean-Daniel Fekete)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: Bug in bash 1.01
Message-ID: <8907041812.AA01639@ccvi.ccv.fr>
Date: 4 Jul 89 18:12:03 GMT
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Distribution: gnu
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The following make bash barf in free.

function zap()
{
  if [ $# -gt 0 ]
  then
    for proc
    do
      for pid in $( ps -ax | grep $proc | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' )
      do
        kill -KILL $pid &> /dev/null
      done
    done
    unset proc
  else
    echo "usage: zap <cmd> ..."
  fi
}

function hup()
{
  if [ $# -gt 0 ]
  then
    for proc
    do
      for pid in $( ps -ax | grep $1 | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' )
      do
        kill -HUP $pid &> /dev/null
      done
    done
    unset proc
  else
    echo "usage: hup <cmd> ..."
  fi
}


unset zap hup