Re: kill with regex?

[Hugh Saunders <hugh@mjr.org>]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:35:08PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:18:39PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> > so now we have the understanding, why dont they die?
> > 
> > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= 
> > 1609
> > 1610
> > 1618
> > 1619
> > 1620
> > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= |xargs kill
> > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= 
> > 1609
> > 1610
> > 1618
> > 1619
> > 1620
> > anni:~# 
> 
> Try 'xargs kill -9'?

anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= |xargs kill -9
anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid=               
anni:~# 

gottem! thanks

hugh