Linux CLI to kill a pid as nicely but surely as possible

surekillpid

#!/bin/bash
# How to try to kill a process
# http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html#uuk9letter
# Be as nice as possible before shooting it in the head
# uses waitpid: https://gist.github.com/tubaman/00b792221bd75fbbca61184da3d414ce

options=$(getopt -o v --long verbose -- $@)
[ $? -eq 0 ] || {
	exit 1
}

eval set -- "$options"
while true; do
    case "$1" in
    -v|--verbose)
        VERBOSE=1
        ;;
    --)
        shift
        break
        ;;
    esac
    shift
done

[ $# -gt 0 ] || {
	echo "You must specify at least one pid"
	exit 1
}

test -n "$VERBOSE" && echo 'sending SIGTERM'
kill -15 $@
timeout 2 waitpid $@ && exit 0
test -n "$VERBOSE" && echo 'sending SIGINT'
kill -2 $@
timeout 2 waitpid $@ && exit 0
test -n "$VERBOSE" && echo 'sending SIGHUP'
kill -1 $@
timeout 2 waitpid $@ && exit 0
test -n "$VERBOSE" && echo 'sending SIGKILL'
kill -9 $@