> Here is how it can be done if the failure is in the first component
> of a pipeline:
>
> set -o monitor # causes each pipeline to be a process group
> { trap "exec ksh -c 'kill -- -$$'" ERR;first_command;} | ...|
> last_command
>
> If first_command fails, then a kill signal will be sent to the group
> of the first process which should kill all the other commands.
very interesting, thank you. i'll have a look at whether that helps
with the real situation i'm dealing with.
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