Kill process you don't know the PID of, when pidof and pgrep are not available.

export var1=`ps -A | grep '[u]nique' | cut -d '?' -f 1`; echo${var1/ /}; kill -9 $var1
This will kill a specific process you don't know the PID of, when pidof and pgrep are not available, for example on OS X. var1 is created so that the whitespace can be trimmed before passing off to kill.
Sample Output 
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By: headyadmin
2010-03-22 21:06:58
cut export grep kill Os X
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Urgh! That's horrible. OK, taking your assumption of no pidof, or pgrep, try: kill -9 $(ps -A | grep '[u]nique' | awk '{print $1}')
flatcap · 819 weeks and 6 days ago
@flatcap, indeed that is better, I should've explored awk more carefully :)
headyadmin · 819 weeks and 6 days ago

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