#!/bin/bash # Prompt for sudo once and keep the credential alive in the background. # Source this script so the trap applies to the calling shell: # source nomarchy-sudo-keepalive sudo -v while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; done 2>/dev/null & SUDO_KEEPALIVE_PID=$! trap "kill $SUDO_KEEPALIVE_PID 2>/dev/null" EXIT