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Similarly,
$$
is the current PID,$PPID
is the parent PID. (Bash)So 'kill -9 $$' is just suicide?
With suicide, you have a chance to get your affairs in order.
kill -9 $$
is hiring an assassin to kill you and not tell you when it will happen. It happens suddenly without warning.You can type
seppuku
for that