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Kill processes with a certain name or prefix of name (Note this script is incredibly powerful, handle with care)
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killp.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo "Removing all processes associated with name $1"
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
echo "Usage : ./killp process name"
exit 0
fi
pgrep $1 | xargs kill -9
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