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# 1  
Old 05-22-2009
grab PID of a process and kill it in a script
Code:
#!/bin/sh
who
echo "\r"
echo Enter the terminal ID of the user in use:
echo "\r" 
read TERM_ID
echo "\r"
ps -t $TERM_ID | grep sh
echo "\r"
echo Enter the process number to end:
echo "\r"
read PID
echo "\r"
kill -9 $PID

What this code does is ultimately grab the PID of a users sh and kill it. Sometimes users accidentally close their terminal windows the wrong way and our UNIX logon script does not let them back into the system because it still sees them logged in.

What I would like to do is take this script a step further and have it auto kill the process by finding the PID after the grep sh and sticking that into the kill string.
# 2  
Old 05-22-2009
maybe:
Code:
who
echo "\r"
echo 'Enter the terminal ID of the user in use: '
echo "\r" 
read TERM_ID
ps -t $TERM_ID | grep sh | read PID junk
kill -9 $PID

# 3  
Old 05-22-2009
that's a no go it is not pulling the PID #
# 4  
Old 05-23-2009
Code:
ps -t $TERM | grep sh | awk '{print $1}'

sould give you the PID. Assign it in a variable or just let your SHELL evaluate it on a direct KILL command.

Kill -9 ` command`
# 5  
Old 05-24-2009
Quote:
Sometimes users accidentally close their terminal windows the wrong way and our UNIX logon script does not let them back into the system because it still sees them logged in
Are you using a customized login? Why isn't the login system not allowing again? This might apply a restriction of just one tty per user login. May be I didnot understand the problem correctly.
# 6  
Old 05-24-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by devtakh
Code:
ps -t $TERM | grep sh | awk '{print $1}'

sould give you the PID. Assign it in a variable or just let your SHELL evaluate it on a direct KILL command.

Kill -9 ` command`
grep'ing can be done in awk itself
Code:
ps -t $TERM | awk '/sh/ { print $1 }'

# 7  
Old 05-26-2009
Code:
#!/bin/sh
who
echo "\r"
echo Enter the terminal ID of the user in use:
echo "\r" 
read TERM_ID
echo "\r"
ps -t $TERM | awk '/sh/ { print $1 }'
read PID
echo "\r"
kill -9 $PID

works great unless 2 PID's are returned. I guess it is typing:
kill -9 0001
0002

instead of kill -9 0001 0002

how do I get it to read the PID's and put them all into 1 line?
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