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Created August 11, 2015 04:34
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A small bash script to search and kill processes
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "You need to supply a search string..."
else
processes=$(ps aux | grep $1 -i | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | xargs)
echo "Processes: "$processes
while true; do
read -ep "Are you sure you want kill all '$1' processes? [y/N] " yesno
case $yesno in
[Yy]* )
echo 'Killing processes...'
for i in $processes; do kill $i; done
echo "Processes Killed: " $processes
break;;
* )
echo "Skipped killing processes..."
break;;
esac
done
fi
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more better:
processes=$(ps aux | grep $1 -i|grep -v grep | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | xargs)

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