HPR1142: LiTS 020: pgrep and pkill
Hosted by Dann on 2012-12-18 00:00:00 Download or Listen
This episode the focus will be on two commands that go hand-in-hand: pgrep and pkill. Like the kill command, pkill is used to send a signal to a process usually with the intent to terminate or stop the process. Instead of passing the Process ID (PID) you can pass the process name:
pkill xterm
For the rest of this episode please check out the shownotes and video at https://www.linuxintheshell.com/2012/12/18/episode-20-pgrep-and-pkill/
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