Bash process causing high, constant CPU load

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Bash process causing high, constant CPU load

After a recent update (currently on macOS Sierra 10.12.6) I have noticed that a bash process is running constantly, even with all applications shut down.

It is taking a constant % CPU of around 67 in the activity monitor and of course causing the fan to run all the time.

Does anybody have any ideas what could be causing this?

I am running a virtual machine with VirtualBox and Vagrant on the Mac, but a suspending it has no influence on the bash process.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

Mac Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), null

Posted on Aug 25, 2017 4:46 AM

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benjamineee Author

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Aug 25, 2017 1:51 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Hi Grant,

Thx for your reply. The bash process is present even when I'm not using the terminal, I was just invoking htop to show the process list.

I have no custom scripts running in the background if this is what you are suggesting.

EDIT: After rebooting the process is gone. Will update if it pops back up.

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Aug 25, 2017 6:41 AM in response to benjamineee

bash is the default shell used when invoking Terminal to run Unix-like commands.

The script you show explicitly invokes it, and runs htop. What is that script?

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