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Old 08-29-2010
stopping process started with "while"
Hello unix forum !

how do i get rid of this while thing ? if started some where by crontab for example.

Code:
while [ true] ; do ./script > /dev/null  ; done  &

or for example if in terminal

Code:
while [ true] ; do ./script  ; done  &

and the script is outputing and I can't write commands. other than closing the terminal.
Last edited by max_475; 08-29-2010 at 05:03 AM..
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Old 08-29-2010
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Originally Posted by max_475
Hello unix forum !

how do i get rid of this while thing ? if started some where by crontab for example.

Code:
while [ true] ; do ./script > /dev/null  ; done  &

or for example if in terminal

Code:
while [ true] ; do ./script  ; done  &

and the script is outputing and I can't write commands. other than closing the terminal.

Hi,

you can send the SIGINT signal to the process to kill it. Alternately you can press "Ctrl+C" to the foreground process running on the terminal.

Regards,
Gaurav.
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Old 08-29-2010
If you started it from a terminal, run:
Code:
fg

And then press ctrl-C
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