On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote: > MHR wrote: >> #!/bin/bash >> >> # A shell script to kill that annoying runaway seamonkey that won't die >> >> case `basename $0` in >> "seakill") cmd=seamonkey;; >> "foxkill") cmd=firefox;; >> *) echo "Unrecognized command."; exit 1;; >> esac >> >> kill -9 `ps -ef | grep $cmd | grep -v grep | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'` >> ps -ef | grep $cmd | grep -v grep >> >> If it works, nothing is displayed. If seamonkey/firefox is already >> gone, it give me kill's error for not finding the process (or for a >> missing process number because 'ps' couldn't find it, either). >> > > Isn't that command line a bit complex? Why not use ps options to get > what you want rather than using grep, tail, and awk to pull the PID out > of the standard output? > > ps -C $cmd -o pid= | xargs kill -9 > ps -fC $cmd > It's an old script I rarely use. Yours looks better - I'm taking it. :-) Thanks mhr