Signals to be caught

The following are the signals that are usually caught with the trap command.

   0  shell exit (for any reason, including end of file EOF).
   1  hangup.
   2  interrupt (^C).
   3  quit (^\\ ; causes program to produce a core dump).
   9  kill (cannot be caught or ignored).
   15 terminate; default signal generated by kill.

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