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.