Bash Question
Child process to kill its parent whithout terminating itself
How can I kill parent process script from child process script, without terminating child process in Linux.
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Answer Source
If your shell defines PPID, kill $PPID will kill the parent. If your shell does not define PPID, you can probably get it with PPID=$( ps -o ppid= $$ ). There is no reason for this action to kill the child.
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