puppet_children

puppet_children.sh

#!/bin/bash
PID=`ps -edf | grep "/usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/bin/puppet" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
PIDS=`ps -edf | grep $PID | grep -v "/usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/bin/puppet" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`

for PID in $PIDS; do
  echo $PID
  echo cmdline: "`cat /proc/$PID/cmdline`"
  echo cwd: "`ls -la /proc/$PID/cwd`"
  if [ "x$1" == "x1" ]; then
    kill -9 $PID
  fi
done