Bash hide "killed"

Question

I cannot see to hide the "killed" output from my script. Please help.

killall -9 $SCRIPT

I have tried:

killall -9 $SCRIPT >/dev/null 2>&1

and everyone redirect combination it seems. Thanks for the help.

* UPDATE *

The main script cannot run in the background. It outputs a bunch on information to the user while running. Thanks for the input though. Any other ideas?

Here is the desired output

HEV Terminated
administrator@HEV-DEV:~/hev-1.2.7$

Here is the current output:

HEV Terminated
Killed
administrator@HEV-DEV:~/hev-1.2.7$

please edit your question to include a sample of the "killed" output you hope to avoid. Good luck. — shellter, Dec 31 '13 at 17:52
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/81520/how-to-suppress-terminated-message-after-killing-in-bash — user000001, Dec 31 '13 at 17:53
Don't use `-9`. It should not be necessary, and if it is, then `$SCRIPT` has a bug and should be fixed. — chepner, Dec 31 '13 at 18:26
Also, see questions [8074904 (How to shield the kill output)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8074904/how-to-shield-the-kill-output) and [714855 (Suppress Notice of Forked Command Being Killed)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/714855/suppress-notice-of-forked-command-being-killed). — Gordon Davisson, Dec 31 '13 at 19:21

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 18:00

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It's not the script printing it, it's the shell. You can suppress it by putting it in the background and waiting for it to finish, redirecting the error from there:

./script &
wait 2>/dev/null

answered Dec 31 '13 at 18:00

Kevin

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The main script cannot run in the background – Atomiklan Dec 31 '13 at 18:54
Can you kill it with SIGINT? – Kevin Dec 31 '13 at 19:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 18:04

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It looks like this can be avoided if you execute the script (including the &) in a subshell:

$ ( ./script.sh & )
$ ps
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
14208 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
16134 pts/0    00:00:00 script.sh
16135 pts/0    00:00:00 sleep
16136 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
$ killall script.sh
$

If I execute it (without the subshell) like ./script.sh then I get the output

[1]+  Terminated              ./script.sh &>/dev/null

answered Dec 31 '13 at 18:04

user000001

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The main script cannot run in the background – Atomiklan Dec 31 '13 at 18:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '16 at 18:36

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Try ...

(killall -9 $SCRIPT) 2>/dev/null

This executes the "killall" in a subshell and all output from that subshell is redirected, including the the "KILLED" output.

answered Feb 20 '16 at 18:36

smokes2345

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Ueliton Alves Dos Santos · Answer 4 · 2021-07-19T22:25:51.920

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Try killall -q,--quiet don't print complaints

killall -q -9 $SCRIPT

edited Jul 19 '21 at 22:25

answered Jul 19 '21 at 16:08

Ueliton Alves Dos Santos

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Please provide an explanation of your answer, and how it is different from the other 3 answers on this 7 year old question. – miken32 Jul 19 '21 at 19:13

Bash hide "killed"

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