coybrian
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i have the program cat >Halley
while :
do
sleep 5
done
ctrl-d
$
i need to be able to first execute Halley in the background, second then print $!, then kill Halley, then run ps to verify success of killing Halley and i need to do these one step at a time if anyone can it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
while :
do
sleep 5
done
ctrl-d
$
i need to be able to first execute Halley in the background, second then print $!, then kill Halley, then run ps to verify success of killing Halley and i need to do these one step at a time if anyone can it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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you have to add echo $! after Halley & to print out
Heh missed that part.
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