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The Bash trap command

Table of contents

1. TL;DR
2. Sources

TL;DR

# Run a command or function on exit, kill or error.
trap "rm -f $tempfile" EXIT SIGTERM ERR
trap function-name EXIT SIGTERM ERR

# Disable CTRL-C
trap "" SIGINT

# Re-enable CTRL-C
trap - SIGINT

Sources

• Using Bash traps in your scripts
• The Bash trap command