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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Sandro Tosi
  • Date: 2012-06-03 10:57:27 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.2.6)
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20120603105727-rm7frl4feikr2swm
Tags: 6.5-1
* New upstream release
* debian/watch
  - updated
* debian/abs-guide.lintian-overrides
  - updated for new upstream code
* debian/control
  - bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes needed)

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#!/bin/bash
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# kill-byname.sh: Killing processes by name.
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# Compare this script with kill-process.sh.
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#  For instance,
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#+ try "./kill-byname.sh xterm" --
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#+ and watch all the xterms on your desktop disappear.
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#  Warning:
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#  -------
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#  This is a fairly dangerous script.
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#  Running it carelessly (especially as root)
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#+ can cause data loss and other undesirable effects.
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E_BADARGS=66
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if test -z "$1"  # No command-line arg supplied?
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then
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  echo "Usage: `basename $0` Process(es)_to_kill"
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  exit $E_BADARGS
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fi
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PROCESS_NAME="$1"
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ps ax | grep "$PROCESS_NAME" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -i kill {} 2&>/dev/null
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#                                                       ^^      ^^
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------
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# Notes:
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# -i is the "replace strings" option to xargs.
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# The curly brackets are the placeholder for the replacement.
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# 2&>/dev/null suppresses unwanted error messages.
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#
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# Can  grep "$PROCESS_NAME" be replaced by pidof "$PROCESS_NAME"?
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------
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exit $?
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#  The "killall" command has the same effect as this script,
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#+ but using it is not quite as educational.