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02-02-2006, 06:49 AM	#1
bujecas Member Registered: Oct 2004 Location: Portugal Distribution: Debian, Slackware Posts: 78 Rep:	kill command in a pipe Hello, Why I can't execute kill in a pipe? Example: cat pids.txt \| kill -9

02-02-2006, 07:55 AM	#2
trickykid LQ Guru Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 24,149 Rep:	Because the kill command needs a PID after it. Try using xargs. cat pids.txt \| xargs kill -9

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