Extremely useful in scripting. For a full listing of signals, use `kill -l`. Here's a sample script: ```bash #!/bin/bash # Sample script to test the trap command # Catch and report errors error_keyboard_interrupt() { echo -e "Caught SIGINT; logging and exiting" TEMPLOG=$(mktemp XXXXXX) echo -e "$1 Caught keyboard interrupt!" > $TEMPLOG mail -s "Severe" user@eng.uiowa.edu < $TEMPLOG rm -f $TEMPLOG exit } TESTPARAM="Oh noes!" trap $(error_keyboard_interrupt $TESTPARAM) SIGINT while : # Same as while true do sleep 60 echo -e "Still alive..." done ```