Trap

Hi Ppl,

Need help

$ cat trap.sh
#!/bin/bash
trap cleanup 1 2 3 15
cleanup()
{
echo �I was running \�$BASH_COMMAND\� when you interrupted me.�
echo �Quitting.�
exit 1
}
while :
do
echo -en �hello. �
sleep 1
echo -en �my �
sleep 1
echo -en �name �
sleep 1
echo -en �is �
sleep 1
echo �$0�
done

Any reason you ppl see why "1 2 3 15" was used as arument to cleanup

Thanks

1 2 3 15 are not arguments to cleanup they are signals to trap

1 - hangup
2 - interrupt
3 - quit
15 - software termination (kill)

Check man bash for details of the trap internal command.

Editing your script in Microsoft Word has filled it with nasty smart quotes which the shell will not understand as being quote characters.

Be sure to change all your � � back into " " if you want it to work.

thanks Gents ...