Send kill signal to all instances of a process by name (must be exact name). All signals except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process, allowing a clean exit.
La commande killall
permet de supprimer tous les processus qui ont un nom donné.
(output de la commande tldr killall
)
killall {{process_name}}
: Terminate a process using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal
killall --list
: List available signal names (to be used without the 'SIG' prefix)
killall -i {{process_name}}
: Interactively ask for confirmation before termination
killall -INT {{process_name}}
: Terminate a process using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal, which is the same signal sent by pressing Ctrl + C
killall -KILL {{process_name}}
: Force kill a process