Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5100 mails)

[C Hamel <vgm2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 02 June 2004 08:07, Jostein Berntsen wrote:
> On 01.06.04,11:29, C Hamel wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to check for an application's PID# & kill it using a
> > script?
> > --
>
> I like this way:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> while true
> do
> kill -9 `ps aux | grep -i $1 | awk '{ print $2 }'` sleep 2
> done
>
> put this in a script called kl. And run for ex. 'kl mozilla' when it
> gets to heavy.
>
> - Jostein
>
> --
> Jostein Berntsen <jbernts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I like the simplicity, but is the usual test for a pid done beforehand for the 
particular application?
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