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I would just recommend pkill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkill

• stephen82 9y ago
  I tend to use the following command: kill -HUP $(pidof SomeDaemon) and if it insists on running, I use: sudo kill -9 $(pidof SomeDaemon) That's it, really.
  • desdiv 9y ago
    I suggest: killall -HUP SomeDaemon
    • xorcist 9y ago
      Don't do this! Not only is pkill more competent, it is available on several other operating systems. There is a killall on Solaris also which is very different but true to its name. You do not want to run it by accident.
• jsmthrowaway 9y ago
  pgrep is also useful if you're not trying to kill. They're both from Solaris, and if you have one, you have the other. pgrep | xargs can also be very useful on occasion, depending on what you're doing (mainly debugging).
  • vidoc 9y ago
    > xargs can also be very useful on occasion yes, and xargs has a particularly useful argument -P that allows to do stuff in parallel and probably deserves more love :P
• fanf2 9y ago
  Top tip! `pkill -v` is not verbose mode! Remember pkill is next to pgrep...