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I'm writing a bash script to purge orphaned children after the parent dies. What's the idiomatic way?

Use an EXIT/signal trap, record child PIDs, terminate them, then wait to reap them:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail

children=()

cleanup() {
    trap - EXIT INT TERM HUP
    ((${#children[@]})) || return

    kill -TERM "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
    sleep 1
    kill -KILL "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
    wait "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
}

trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM HUP

worker_a &
children+=("$!")

worker_b &
children+=("$!")

wait

Important caveats:

•This handles direct children and trappable exits/signals.
•Nothing in Bash can run cleanup if the parent receives SIGKILL, crashes, or the machine loses power.
•If children create their own descendants, PID tracking is insufficient. Run the workload in a dedicated process group/cgroup and terminate that group, preferably using a supervisor such as systemd, Docker, or another service manager.
•Avoid the common trap 'kill 0' EXIT pattern unless you fully control the process group—it can kill the invoking shell or unrelated processes.

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Use an `EXIT`/signal trap, record child PIDs, terminate them, then `wait` to reap them:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail
children=()
cleanup() {
    trap - EXIT INT TERM HUP
    ((${#children[@]})) || return
    kill -TERM "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
    sleep 1
    kill -KILL "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
    wait "${children[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
}
trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM HUP
worker_a &
children+=("$!")
worker_b &
children+=("$!")
wait
```
Important caveats:
- This handles direct children and trappable exits/signals.
- Nothing in Bash can run cleanup if the parent receives `SIGKILL`, crashes, or the machine loses power.
- If children create their own descendants, PID tracking is insufficient. Run the workload in a dedicated process group/cgroup and terminate that group, preferably using a supervisor such as `systemd`, Docker, or another service manager.
- Avoid the common `trap 'kill 0' EXIT` pattern unless you fully control the process group—it can kill the invoking shell or unrelated processes.

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