On 10/21/2015 11:18 AM, Steve Trapp wrote: >> But I'm curious. No one responded whether the following post works >> for them. >> >> $ cat > nonsensical.bash >> #!/bin/bash >> >> for I in {1..100} ; do echo "a" > /dev/null ; sleep 10 ; done >> ^D >> >> $ chmod 755 nonsensical.bash >> >> $ ./nonsensical.bash & >> [6] 12253 >> >> $ pkill nonsensical >> [6]- Terminated ./nonsensical.bash >> _______________________________________________ > It WORKS for me! > Thank you, but let me pose another question. Is there anyone for whom the above does NOT work. Perhaps the problem is unique to my distribution.