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Kill all processes that don't belong to root/force logoff

Terminal - Kill all processes that don't belong to root/force logoff
for i in $(pgrep -v -u root);do kill -9 $i;done
2009-03-24 02:54:52
User: lostnhell
Functions: kill
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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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What others think

This would be a good place for xargs

pgrep -v -u root | xargs kill

Or, even better, just use pkill

pkill -v -u root
Comment by goodevilgenius 217 weeks and 5 days ago

Thank you for pointing out the other commands. I will test them to see if they yield the same results including forcing the users to be logged out.

Comment by lostnhell 217 weeks and 4 days ago

Your point of view

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