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Seyyapc
05-31-2005, 05:42 PM
To me is very handly for those multi-treadh apps...

Code for die

#!/bin/bash
kill -9 `ps aex | grep $1 | grep -v grep | awk '(print $1}'`

Instead of kill -9 pid...you can do "die appname"

Ex: die xmms

mikekgr
05-31-2005, 06:58 PM
What about pkill xmms for example ???

Seyyapc
06-01-2005, 05:43 PM
What about pkill xmms for example ???
I didn't know ! :? Thanks for the info :P pgrep is a nice command to learn too :roll: :oops:

pureone
06-05-2005, 10:02 PM
or
"kill `pidof xmms` would kill all xmms programs

and
kill `pidof -s xmms` should kill off