killall
Send kill signal to all instances of a process by name (must be exact name). All signals except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process, allowing a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/killall.
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Terminate a process using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
killall {{process_name}}
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List available signal names (to be used without the 'SIG' prefix):
killall --list
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Interactively ask for confirmation before termination:
killall -i {{process_name}}
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Terminate a process using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal, which is the same signal sent by pressing
Ctrl + C
:
killall -INT {{process_name}}
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Force kill a process:
killall -KILL {{process_name}}
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