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 ## Overview
  - `recursive.sh`: a script that calls itself.
  - `self_destruct.sh`: a script that deletes itself.
+ - `suicidal.sh`: a script that kills the process that's executing it, i.e. itself.
diff --git a/suicidal.sh b/suicidal.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# A script that kills the process that's executing it, i.e. itself
+
+pkill "$(basename "$0")"