how to kill specific python script

melinda_sayang · 12-04-2005, 03:01 AM

Hi,

I have two running python script, that launched by:
$ python blabla.py
$ python bubu.py

How do I kill specific python script from another script? I want to kill "python blabla.py" process, but don't want to kill "python bubu.py" process.

$ killall python

kill all python programs

$ killall blabla.py

cannot find blabla.py process

You may say that try to kill <PID>, but how do I know pid of "python blabla.py" process from the another script? Launch "ps aux" from the script then get the pid from there is an ugly way, I think.

Any idea?

Artanicus · 12-04-2005, 03:21 AM

pkill and pgrep might be useful to you.. So:

Code:

pgrep -f blabla.py # will give you its pid

pkill -9 -f blabla.py # kills the matching pid

ilikejam · 12-04-2005, 03:31 AM

Hi.

Code:

kill $(ps aux | grep python blabla.py | awk '{ print $2 }')

is what I'd do from a shell script. It might be useful for your python script too.

Dave