pkill
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| Engine | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.Template:EditAtWikidata |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| Website | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Repository | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
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Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.pkill (see Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.pgrep) is a command-line utility initially written for use with the Solaris 7 operating system in 1998. It has since been reimplemented for Linux and some BSDs.
As with the Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.kill and Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.killall commands, Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.pkill is used to send signals to processes. The Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.pkill command allows the use of extended regular expression patterns and other matching criteria.
Example usage
Kill the most recently created Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.acroread process:
pkill -n acroread
Send a USR1 signal to Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.acroread process:
pkill -USR1 acroread
See also
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Some other unix commands related to process management and killing include:
- Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.kill, which sends signals processes by process ID instead of by pattern-matching against the name.
- Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.renice, which changes the priority of a process.
- Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.top and Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.htop, which display a list of processes and their resource usage; Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.htop can send signals to processes directly from this list.
- Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.skill, a command-line utility to send signals or report process status. Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.pkill is favoured over it.
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External links
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