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ITEMAN Kill High Memory Usage
#!/usr/bin/env perl
# ITEMAN Kill High Memory Usage - A command to kill processes with high memory usage
# Copyright (c) 2010 ITEMAN, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
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# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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if (@ARGV < 2) {
print_usage();
exit 1;
}
my $command_regex = $ARGV[0];
my $memory_threshold = $ARGV[1];
my @output = split /\n/, `ps -eo pid,rss,cmd`;
foreach my $process (@output) {
$process =~ s/^\s+//;
my ($pid, $rss, @cmd) = split /\s+/, $process;
my $cmd = join(' ', @cmd);
next unless $cmd =~ m!$command_regex!;
next unless $rss >= $memory_threshold;
my $result = kill 'TERM', $pid;
if ($result) {
print "Succeeded to kill process [ PID: $pid, RSS: $rss, COMMAND: $cmd ]\n";
} else {
print "Failed to kill process [ PID: $pid, RSS: $rss, COMMAND: $cmd ]\n";
}
}
exit 0;
sub print_usage {
print "USAGE: kill-high-memory-usage COMMAND_REGEX MEMORY_THRESHOLD\n";
}
# Local Variables:
# mode: perl
# coding: utf-8
# tab-width: 4
# indent-tabs-mode: nil
# End:
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