#!/bin/sh set -e kill_child_jobs() { echo "In kill_child_jobs()..." # Workaround for https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=482999 tmp="$(mktemp)" jobs -p > "$tmp" child_pids=$(cat "$tmp") for child in $child_pids do echo Killing "$child" # From https://stackoverflow.com/a/11231970 kill "$child" || true done rm "$tmp" }