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Kill process by name shell script
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killProcessWithName.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
PROCESS_NAME=$1
PID_PRC=`ps aux | grep '${PROCESS_NAME}' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ -n "$PID_PRC" ]
then
echo "Found running process -> killing PID: '$PID_PRC'"
kill $PID_PRC
else
echo "Process not running"
fi
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