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Or you may shorten your command ps -C someScript.sh -o pid= | xargs -I % /bin/kill -TERM -- -% avoiding two pipes is also 1 femtosecond faster, and as an ad

by riquito 13y ago

Or you may shorten your command ps -C someScript.sh -o pid= | xargs -I % /bin/kill -TERM -- -% avoiding two pipes is also 1 femtosecond faster, and as an added bonus HN doesn't trigger the dreaded code scrollbars too!

d0m 13y ago
This is the two best arguments I have ever seen comparing two piece of code! You totally convinced me.
- marbu 13y ago
  You can shorten it even further with pkill or killall: pkill ^someScript.sh$ --signal TERM Either way pgrep is a nice command to learn about.