Name
killall
Synopsis
killall [options] names
Description
Kill processes by command name. If more than one process is running the specified command, kill all of them. Treat command names that contain a / as files; kill all processes that are executing that file.
Options
- - signal
Send signal to process (default is TERM). signal may be a name or number.
- -e
Require an exact match to kill very long names (i.e., longer than 15 characters). Normally, killall kills everything that matches within the first 15 characters. With -e, such entries are skipped. (Use -v to print a message for each skipped entry.)
- -g
Kill the process group to which the process belongs.
- -i
Prompt for confirmation before killing processes.
- -l
List known signal names.
- -q
Quiet; do not complain of processes not killed.
- -v
Verbose: after killing process, report success and process ID.
- -V
Print version information.
- -w
Wait for all killed processes to die. Note that killall may wait forever if the signal was ignored or had no effect, or if the process stays in zombie state.
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