pidof
Gets the ID of a process using its name. More information: https://manned.org/pidof.
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List all process IDs with given name:
pidof {{bash}}
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List a single process ID with given name:
pidof -s {{bash}}
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List process IDs including scripts with given name:
pidof -x {{script.py}}
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Kill all processes with given name:
kill $(pidof {{name}})
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