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Expect is a utility based on TCL. It's primary use is for building automation into interactive environments such as telnet or ssh based terminal environments. It provides the ability to enter commands on a command line and interpret the output.

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Unbuffer swallows the exit status of killed process

The expect "unbuffer" command seems to swallow the exit status of its child if the process is killed. Is there something that can be done to stop this behavior? It does not swallow the exit status if ...
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