one-line kill command using process name

julianop · 12-22-2003, 09:50 PM

What's a one-liner that will kill a process by giving the name, instead of the PID?
I know I can get the pid and then kill that, but I want to do it in one line.

Thanks.

stickman · 12-22-2003, 09:51 PM

You could use:
pkill procname

julianop · 12-22-2003, 10:03 PM

I knew it would be that easy, and that I would embarrass myself

Thanks.

MasterC · 12-22-2003, 10:14 PM

Another option might be:
killall processname

Cool

julianop · 12-22-2003, 11:28 PM

Yes. Actually I just figured that one out because I realized I would need to kill multiple instances.

Cheers.

julianop · 12-22-2003, 11:37 PM

OK,
Here's another one for you ...
How do I stop repeat instances of the same command line from filling up bash's history?
Back in my DOS days I used 4DOS, which was smart that way. Can I do this in Linux/bash?

j.

julianop · 12-23-2003, 12:33 AM

never mind: it's HISTCONTROL=ignoredups