Problem : Well, I want to be able to restart processes on linux and so I looked into kill manpages […]
Tag: kill
How to kill/rm pipe by inode number only?
Problem : EDIT: I originally cut and pasted a question I’d asked earlier on stackoverflow that got closed: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32622224/how-to-kill-pipe-by-inode-number-only I’ve […]
(Why) doesn’t Fedora properly terminate all processes on shutdown?
Problem : I’ve noticed that with Fedora 17, a shutdown operation (e.g., shutdown -h now) has gotten so much faster […]
Killall -9 chrome, but not chrome-beta
Problem : Both Google Chrome and Google Chrome Beta are named “chrome” in the process list. I want to kill […]
Killing a process on a Windows machine
QUESTION : How can I kill processes on a Windows machine? Ctrl + Alt + Del only works for the […]
How do I execute savehist for tcsh history if my machine froze?
QUESTION : My MacBook Air froze all of a sudden: the keyboard, trackpad and display are all unresponsive. However, ssh […]
How to disable the ‘kill’ command on Linux
Problem : I want to disable all kill commands (including root user). I have tried to change permissions, but it […]
How to kill a process with name having spaces?
Problem : A process with name=example can be killed by killall -9 example How to kill multiple instances of following […]
How to let ‘kill’ ignore processes that are not alive
Problem : How to tell the kill command to ignore processes if that process is not alive? For example: 3453 […]
Why chrome reacts after receiving kill-stop signal, and how to prevent that?
Problem : I am trying to save my laptop’s battery by pausing/stopping completely chrome from doing stuff while minimized by […]