====== Trap Ctrl-C in script ======

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash

#trapping Control + C
#these statements must be the first statements in the script to trap the CTRL C event

trap ctrl_c INT

function ctrl_c()  {
        logMsgToConfigSysLog "INFO" "INFO: Aborting the script."
        exit 1
}

#Rest of script

</code>