#!/usr/bin/env bash # This script is a wrapper for other programs # that ensures they are killed when stdin closes # (eg: a job terminates) # Start the program in the background exec "$@" & pid1=$! # Silence warnings from here on exec >/dev/null 2>&1 # Read from stdin in the background and # kill running program when stdin closes exec 0<&0 $( while read; do :; done kill -KILL $pid1 ) & pid2=$! # Clean up wait $pid1 ret=$? kill -KILL $pid2 exit $ret