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
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 3:57 PM Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
Pier Paolo Grassi