LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/ex76.sh

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#!/bin/bash
# Hunting variables with a trap.
trap 'echo Variable Listing --- a = $a b = $b' EXIT
# EXIT is the name of the signal generated upon exit from a script.
#
# The command specified by the "trap" doesn't execute until
#+ the appropriate signal is sent.
echo "This prints before the \"trap\" --"
echo "even though the script sees the \"trap\" first."
echo
a=39
b=36
exit 0
# Note that commenting out the 'exit' command makes no difference,
#+ since the script exits in any case after running out of commands.