> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of MHR > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:21 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] pup problem > > 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 How about "pkill"? pkill $cmd # be nice pkill -9 $cmd # be nasty ps -fC $cmd # see what still didn't die -- Owen Beckley - owenb at foxriver.com