in this case maybe the ctrl-z kill % isn't so bad a solution for the
occasions in which I want to interrupt the process before any output has
been provided
thanks

Il giorno mar 28 set 2021 alle 01:05 Bart Schaefer <
schaefer@brasslantern.com> ha scritto:

> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 3:57 PM Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So I'm starting to think this is something that can't be solved from the
> shell because the shell is unable to do anything until less gives up the
> control, am I right?
>
> "less" is the foreground process controlling the terminal, so if it
> traps the signal, that's pretty much the end of it, yes.
>
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Pier Paolo Grassi