Hi, In a script I have written, I have extracted a couple of processes by using (ps -ef) and (grep) and placed them in a file called (kill_PID). Then after using (awk) I am left with 2 PID's that I need to feed to (kill) command. Here is the scenario simplified:

File called (kill_PID) has 1 column with 2 values, lets give them the following values:

9645
9646

What do I need to add to my script in order to extract these to values from file (kill_PID) and feed them into kill command in order to kill both PID's.

I tried

kill < kill_PID

But this did not work. Feedback is appreciated.

You could use something like:

while read a ; do kill $a; done < kill_PID

You can use process names with some versions of kill. Also have you looked at 'killall'?

Or instead of having awk waste time putting them into a file just use it to execute the kill command:

bakdong > thank you for the (while) loop it fixed my problem and now I know how to read input from a file. I will also check out (killall).

grail > thanks, I thought about using (awk) all the way, but I need more time to master syntax and various options.

ps|grep|kill kludges may be necessary in some cases but next time try using 'pkill' instead?