pkill
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As with the <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />kill and <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />killall commands, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />pkill is used to send signals to processes. The <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />pkill command allows the use of extended regular expression patterns and other matching criteria.
Example usage
Kill the most recently created <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />acroread process:
pkill -n acroread
Send a USR1 signal to <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />acroread process:
pkill -USR1 acroread
See also
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Some other unix commands related to process management and killing include:
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />kill, which sends signals processes by process ID instead of by pattern-matching against the name.
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />renice, which changes the priority of a process.
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />top and <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />htop, which display a list of processes and their resource usage; <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />htop can send signals to processes directly from this list.
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />skill, a command-line utility to send signals or report process status. <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />pkill is favoured over it.
References
- – Solaris 11.4 User Commands Reference Manual
- : look up processes based on name and other attributes – Linux User Commands Manual
External links
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