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Kill Linux Processes Easier with pkill

One of the best features in Linux is the way you can control processes from the command line, so if you have an application that locks up your GUI, you can always SSH over from another machine and just kill the offending process.

December 7, 2007 · 1 min · 38 words · Tracy Watkins

00:00:00 /bin/sh /opt/swiftfox/swiftfoxgeek 7209 7206 0 Dec04 ?

00:00:00 /bin/sh /opt/swiftfox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/swiftfox/swiftfox-bingeek 7213 7209 0 Dec04 ?

$ pkill swiftfox

It’s as simple as that.

Passing the -l switch tells pgrep to show the process name as well.