Kill process by name

📝 Bash

jenniferwilson469 · 21d ago

Kill all processes with a given name using pkill or killall in bash.

Bash

if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 processname" exit 1
fi
pkill -f "$1"

erin1992 4d ago

yo @michelep, careful with pkill though, it can match partial names if you don't anchor the pattern with -x.