[SOLVED] How to unload kernel module

puntino · 08-02-2012, 08:37 AM

Hello,
I need to unload a kernel module which has a very long name (stap8983664890.....).
The command that I should use is modprobe -r <kernel_module_name>
in my case, the name of the module is very long (and includes random characters). It is impossible to type all the characters because it takes time and it's error prone.
I tried with
modprobe -r | lsmod | grep "stap*"
(the name starts with "stap") but it didn't work.
Thank you in advance.

bathory · 08-02-2012, 09:20 AM

Hi,

You can try the following:

Code:

rmmod $(lsmod |grep stap* |awk '{print $1}')

Regards

segmentation_fault · 08-02-2012, 09:47 AM

grep doesn't use wildcards (at least, by default). That's why
grep "stap*"
won't work, unless * is part of the module name.

puntino · 08-07-2012, 07:11 AM

Thank you, it worked after removing the "*" character