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#! /bin/bash
# Usage:
# ./sigrestart 11 gulp watch
# Here if by any chance the command `gulp watch` is killed
# via the signal 11 (SIGSEGV), it will be restarted
# Since gulp has the bad habit of dying with SIGSEGV, it is
# very useful
signal=$1
shift
cmd="$@"
echo "Restarts \"$cmd\" after signal $signal"
$cmd
while [[ $? == $(( 128 + signal )) ]]; do
echo "Restarting after signal $signal"
$cmd
done
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