> 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!

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