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From: davidc@panix.com (David B. Chorlian)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: <Q> Is there a script for ...?
Date: 16 Sep 1994 07:55:15 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
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References: <Pine.3.89.9409150511.A14429-0100000@worf.uwsp.edu> <35b6df$sfo@pluto.neosoft.com>
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In <35b6df$sfo@pluto.neosoft.com> smace@pluto.neosoft.com (Scott Mace) writes:

>In article <Pine.3.89.9409150511.A14429-0100000@worf.uwsp.edu>,
>Peter Zuge <pzuge@worf.uwsp.edu> wrote:
>>    
>>  2) A script that will make it easy to kill numerous jobs.
>>     ( I sometimes make some jim-dandy mistakes ) 
>>     Coping four or five PIDs down correctly on the command line is
>>     almost more than my typing skills can take.;-)

>kill -9 `ps -ax |grep "name of process" |awk '{print $1}'` would do it
>though be very careful with this if you are root.... 

Don't use -9, as well-written programs will clean up after themselves
after receiving signal 15, which is the default for kill.

>-- 
>Scott Mace -- NeoSoft Operations (unix systems)                (713)-685-7023
>smace@pluto.neosoft.com
>smace@neosoft.com                  (713)-684-5969 (Network Operations Center)

-- 
David B. Chorlian
Neurodynamics Lab  SUNY/HSCB
chorlian@sp1p.neurodyn.hscbklyn.edu
davidc@panix.com