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minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoSimilarly, $$ is the current PID, $PPID is the parent PID. (Bash)
minus-squareHappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo ‘kill -9 $$’ is just suicide?
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWith suicide, you have a chance to get your affairs in order. kill -9 $$ is hiring an assassin to kill you and not tell you when it will happen. It happens suddenly without warning.
Similarly,
$$
is the current PID,$PPID
is the parent PID. (Bash)So ‘kill -9 $$’ is just suicide?
You can type
seppuku
for thatWith suicide, you have a chance to get your affairs in order.
kill -9 $$
is hiring an assassin to kill you and not tell you when it will happen. It happens suddenly without warning.