Trap

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What is Trap?

trap is a shell command used to specify actions to be taken upon receiving signals. Signals are notifications sent to a process to indicate an event, such as termination, interruption, or an error. The trap command allows you to define custom handlers that execute when a specific signal is received, enabling you to gracefully handle errors, clean up resources, or perform other necessary actions before the script exits or continues.

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Is this Trap tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 134 of 166 in the free Shell / Bash roadmap, in stage 29, Process Management. If you are new to Shell / Bash, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.

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