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pkill

List of commands for pkill:

  • pkill:tldr:032fe pkill: Kill all processes which match.
    $ pkill "${process_name}"
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  • pkill:tldr:1c66b pkill: Force kill matching processes (can't be blocked).
    $ pkill -9 "${process_name}"
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  • pkill:tldr:5db8d pkill: Kill the main `firefox` process to close the browser.
    $ pkill --oldest "${firefox}"
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  • pkill:tldr:7620e pkill: Kill all processes which match their full command instead of just the process name.
    $ pkill -f "${command_name}"
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  • pkill:tldr:9b042 pkill: Send SIGUSR1 signal to processes which match.
    $ pkill -USR1 "${process_name}"
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