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Kill bash processes "nicely"

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Mar 15, 20263732 views
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Problem

I'm trying to avoid for the reasons described in the Useless Use of Kill -9 form letter. Is this function sufficient, or do I need to kill the processes after a timeout or take care of other subtleties? As an aside, what's a better name for this function? The current name reminds me of "Killing Me ā€¦

Error Output

soft_kill()
{
    # Try to avoid forcing a kill
    # @param $1: PID
    kill $1 || kill -INT $1 || kill -HUP $1 || \
    (echo "Could not kill $1" >ā€¦

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