kill a running process
 

Hello everybody,

I trying to kill one process but only if the process is running, what I tried to do was that:

list=`ps x | grep crttool | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1,$3}'`

With that I can retrieve the pid and the status, but for every process in one string.

Who could I see if the status is running (R) and kill it.

There's a way to send the awk exit to one array? or a better way?

thank's
Carlos

What does "exit to one array" mean?

Ayway, what's wrong with "killall"?

Also, it's better to use $(command) instead of backticks. It nests easily and can't be confused with single quotes.

I can't do that, because the problem is if the process is running, i could figure out the solution, by doing this:

toKill=`ps x | grep process | grep -v grep | awk '/R/ {print $1}'`

the problem is that process is running like a ghost the application is closed but still running.
It's a TCL application

Thanks!
Carlos

This lists the processes and kill them:

I think it can be shortened by a system calll:(note the space behing -9). Any reason why you chose /S/ and not /R/?