how to kill a process

the_rhino · 10-24-2004, 03:19 PM

how does one find the pid of a running process?

Boby · 10-24-2004, 03:26 PM

Code:

ps -aux

gives you all process and their PID number. Just like CTRL+ALT+DEL in Windows.
To kill a process, type

Code:

kill PID_NR

Hope it helped!
Boby

twilli227 · 10-24-2004, 03:27 PM

Run "top" in a terminal window. The left hand column is the pid.

Devils_Guardian · 10-24-2004, 04:36 PM

I ran into a situation where the process wouldn't be killed.... sooooo...

The only way to do it at that point is to do a 'kill -9 PID'

That will take care of er!

One newbie to another,

DA

Tinkster · 10-24-2004, 04:44 PM

Or just use the widely unknown

skill!

skill -9 bash
or
skill -9 -u goofy

Cheers,
Tink

the_rhino · 10-24-2004, 10:05 PM

Thanks for the replies.