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diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py
index 051e6f7c..d544cb5f 100644
--- a/cmd2/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py
@@ -1824,24 +1824,22 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
subproc_stdin = io.open(read_fd, 'r')
new_stdout = io.open(write_fd, 'w')
- # Set options to not forward signals to the pipe process. If a Ctrl-C event occurs,
- # our sigint handler will forward it only to the most recent pipe process. This makes
- # sure pipe processes close in the right order (most recent first).
+ # Create pipe process in a separate group to isolate our signals from it. If a Ctrl-C event occurs,
+ # our sigint handler will forward it only to the most recent pipe process. This makes sure pipe
+ # processes close in the right order (most recent first).
+ kwargs = dict()
if sys.platform == 'win32':
- creationflags = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
- start_new_session = False
+ kwargs['creationflags'] = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
else:
- creationflags = 0
- start_new_session = True
+ kwargs['start_new_session'] = True
# For any stream that is a StdSim, we will use a pipe so we can capture its output
proc = subprocess.Popen(statement.pipe_to,
stdin=subproc_stdin,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE if isinstance(self.stdout, utils.StdSim) else self.stdout,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE if isinstance(sys.stderr, utils.StdSim) else sys.stderr,
- creationflags=creationflags,
- start_new_session=start_new_session,
- shell=True)
+ shell=True,
+ **kwargs)
# Popen was called with shell=True so the user can chain pipe commands and redirect their output
# like: !ls -l | grep user | wc -l > out.txt. But this makes it difficult to know if the pipe process