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Terminal - Commands using kill - 91 results
ps ax | grep <processname> | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | sudo xargs kill -9
2009-03-24 19:52:47
User: copyhacker
Functions: awk grep kill ps sudo xargs
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Kill a bunch of processes with the same name
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for i in $(pgrep -v -u root);do kill -9 $i;done
2009-03-24 02:54:52
User: lostnhell
Functions: kill
Tags: bash Linux kill logoff pgrep
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Kill all processes that don't belong to root/force logoff

explanation:

grep -- displays process ids

-v -- negates the matching, displays all but what is specified in the other options

-u -- specifies the user to display, or in this case negate

The process loops through all PIDs that are found by pgrep, then orders a forced kill to the processes in numerical order, effectively killing the parent processes first including the shells in use which will force the users to logout.

Tested on Slackware Linux 12.2 and Slackware-current

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kill -9 `ps -u <username> -o "pid="`
2009-03-23 17:51:37
User: skye
Functions: kill
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Kill all processes beloging to a single user.
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kill -9 $(pidof process)
2009-03-23 17:07:55
User: luisuribe
Functions: kill pidof
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Kills all processes for a certain program
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ps aux | grep 'httpd ' | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill -9
2009-03-23 16:15:06
User: thisduck
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
Tags: kill
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kills all processes for a certain program e.g. httpd
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ps -ef | grep PROCESS | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9
2009-02-21 15:55:38
User: f4nt
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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ps -ef | grep PROCESS | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9

kills all pids matching the search term of "PROCESS". Be careful what you wish for :)

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for i in `ps aux | grep ssh | grep -v grep | awk {'print $2'}` ; do kill $i; done
2009-02-21 02:07:22
User: jcwaters
Functions: awk grep kill ssh
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Kill any lingering ssh processes
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ps auxwww | grep outofcontrolprocess | awk '{print $9}' | xargs kill -9
2009-02-20 21:49:38
User: fpater
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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kill all instances of an annoying or endless, thread-spawning process
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ps aux | grep -i firefox | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -t -i kill -9 {}
2009-02-19 18:50:00
User: blackdude
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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This is a nice way to kill processes.. the example below is for firefox!!! substitute firefox for whatever the process name is...

This is a nice way to kill processes.. the example here is for firefox!!! substitute firefox for whatever the process name is...

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ps -ef | grep $USERNAME | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill [-9]
2009-02-17 20:35:35
User: TheNomad
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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Kill all processes belonging to a user

This is a 'killall' command equivalent where it is not available.

Prior to executing it, set the environment variable USERNAME to the username, whose processes you want to kill or replace the username with the $USERNAME on the command above.

Side effect: If any processes from other users, are running with a parameter of $USERNAME, they will be killed as well (assuming you are running this as root user)

[-9] in square brackets at the end of the command is optional and strongly suggested to be your last resort. I do not like to use it as the killed process leaves a lot of mess behind.

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kill -9 $$
2009-02-17 15:10:29
User: chanux
Functions: kill
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Kill the terminal(window/tab) you work in [suicide]

Kill -9 immediately kills the given process number. $$ is the process ID of the process you are in.

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kill -9 $(pidof *program*)
2009-02-13 18:56:58
User: salazar
Functions: kill pidof
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kill all processes of a program

kill all processes of a program

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kill -HUP ` ps -aef | grep -i firefox | sort -k 2 -r | sed 1d | awk ' { print $2 } ' `
2009-02-07 10:10:45
User: vasudevram
Functions: awk grep kill ps sed sort
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UNIX one-liner to kill a hanging Firefox process

The description of how the one-liner works is here at my blog:

http://jugad2.blogspot.com/2008/09/unix-one-liner-to-kill-hanging-firefox.html

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kill -HUP `ps -A -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd | grep -e '^[Zz]' | awk '{print $2}'`
2009-02-06 02:42:14
User: liupeng
Functions: awk grep kill
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find and kill a zombie process

You cannot kill zombies, as they are already dead. But if you have too many zombies then kill parent process or restart service.

You can kill zombie process using PID obtained from the above command. For example kill zombie proces having PID 4104:

# kill -9 4104

Please note that kill -9 does not guarantee to kill a zombie process.

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ps -ef | grep APP | awk '/grep/!{print$2}' | xargs -i kill {}
2009-02-05 16:10:05
User: hooobs
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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find and kill a pid for APP

Probably posted previously, I use this all the time to find and kill a process for "APP". Simply replace "APP" with the name of the process you're looking to kill.

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ps -ef | grep [f]oo | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9
2009-02-05 13:43:01
User: eredicatorx
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
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kill all foo process

Kill all processes with foo in them. Similar to pkill but more complete and also works when there is no pkill command.

Works on almost every Linux/Unix platform I have tried.

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