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  1. sparr created this gist Sep 9, 2024.
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    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # This script launches two processes and exits when either of them exits

    (
    do_thing_1
    kill -s SIGHUP $$
    ) &

    (
    do_thing_2
    kill -s SIGHUP $$
    ) &

    # wait for one of the processes to exit and send a SIGHUP back to this shell
    sleep infinity