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Takes a list of PIDs and ends the processes through increasingly rude means
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Signal numbers to use. Configurable, as long as the number of elements in this | |
# array matches the number of elements in $delays. | |
signals=(15 2 1 9) | |
# How much time processes should be given to finish their work before we try the | |
# next signal. Configurable, as long as the number of elements in this array | |
# matches the number of elements in $signals. | |
delays=(2 3 4 0) | |
# Takes a list of PIDs and ends the processes through increasingly rude means. | |
function mykill { | |
# Cygwin's default ps is gimped. Use the GNU version instead. | |
local ps='ps' | |
if [[ $(uname -o) == 'Cygwin' ]]; then | |
ps='procps' | |
fi | |
ps="$ps o pid=" | |
# Figure out the names of the signals we will try. | |
local names=($(kill -l ${signals[@]})) | |
local retval=0 | |
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then | |
printf 'mykill: Too few arguments: %d\nmykill: Usage: mykill <PIDs...>\n' $# | |
retval=1 | |
else | |
for pid in $@; do | |
local index=0 | |
# Try the next signal if the process is alive AND there are more | |
# signals to attempt AND the previous kill reported no errors. | |
while $ps $pid > /dev/null && [[ $index -lt ${#signals} ]] && [[ $retval -eq 0 ]]; do | |
output=$(kill -s ${signals[$index]} $pid 2>&1) | |
retval=$? | |
local killed=1 | |
# Give the process some time to finish. | |
sleep ${delays[$index]} | |
index=$(($index + 1)) | |
done | |
if [[ -z $killed ]]; then | |
printf 'mykill: Process with PID %d does not exist.\n' $pid | |
elif ! ${ps} ${pid} > /dev/null; then | |
index=$(($index - 1)) | |
printf 'mykill: Killed process with PID %d with signal %s (%d).\n' $pid ${names[$index]} ${signals[$index]} | |
elif [[ ${retval} -ne 0 ]]; then | |
printf 'mykill: kill failed: %s\n' $(echo ${output} | cut -d ' ' -f 5-) | |
elif [[ ${index} -eq ${#signals} ]]; then | |
printf 'mykill: Failed to kill process with PID %d with signals %s\n' $pid "$(echo ${names[@]})" | |
retval=-1 | |
fi | |
done | |
fi | |
return ${retval} | |
} | |
mykill $@ |
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