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Old 05-19-2010
grep the process id and kill all the filtered process

Hi

I want to write a shell script which can find the process id's of all the process and kill them eg:
Code:
Code:
ps ax | grep rv_
 3015 ?        S      0:00 /home/vivek/Desktop/rv_server
 3020 ?        S      0:00 /home/vivek/Desktop/rv_gps
 3022 ?        S      0:00 /home/vivek/Desktop/rv_show
 3024 ?        S      0:00 /home/vivek/Desktop/rv_game
 3026 ?        S      0:00 /home/vivek/Desktop/rv_mail

now kill all process searched(find the child process and kill it first and rest).

How do I write the shell script for the above?

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Last edited by vivek_naragund; 05-21-2010 at 08:17 AM.. Reason: path
# 2  
Old 05-19-2010
Try this:
Code:
kill $(ps ax | grep rv_ | awk '{print $1}')

# 3  
Old 05-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudocoder
Try this:
Code:
kill $(ps ax | grep rv_ | awk '{print $1}')


variant
Code:
kill $(ps ax  | awk '/rv_/ {print $1}')

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Old 05-20-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
i hope pkill can also help you out: 4 Ways to Kill a Process - kill, killall, pkill, xkill (link removed)

The requirement here is different, not multiple instances with same process name. Its different process with different process name. So, explicit pkill should be used with each and every process
# 5  
Old 05-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
The requirement here is different, not multiple instances with same process name. Its different process with different process name. So, explicit pkill should be used with each and every process
When you grep a list of process through a pattern, you can use the same to kill those process.

Experimentation:

Code:
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3382 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_server
 3414 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_test
 3443 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_test
 3450 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_
$ pkill -9 rv_
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3453 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_
[3]   Killed                  ./rv_server
[4]-  Killed                  ./rv_test
[5]+  Killed                  ./rv_test
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3455 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_

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# 6  
Old 05-21-2010
Code:
# ps aux | grep vi | grep -v grep
root      1693  0.0  0.0  74476  1324 pts/1    T    10:33   0:00 vi test
root      1694  0.0  0.0  74344  1312 pts/0    T    10:33   0:00 vi tes

Code:
# for i in $(ps aux | grep vi | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
> do
> kill -9 $i
> done

Code:
# ps aux | grep vi | grep -v grep

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# 7  
Old 05-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
When you grep a list of process through a pattern, you can use the same to kill those process.

Experimentation:

Code:
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3382 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_server
 3414 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_test
 3443 pts/1    T      0:00 /bin/sh ./rv_test
 3450 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_
$ pkill -9 rv_
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3453 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_
[3]   Killed                  ./rv_server
[4]-  Killed                  ./rv_test
[5]+  Killed                  ./rv_test
$ ps ax | grep rv_
 3455 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep -i rv_

Perfectly agree, I missed it. Operand is a pattern and not a literal. Thanks
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