serenity/Base/usr/share/man/man1/pkill.md

Name

pkill - Signal processes based on name

Synopsis

$ pkill [--count] [--ignore-case] [--echo] [--newest] [--oldest] [--signal signame] [--uid uid-list] [--exact] <process-name>

Options

• -c, --count: Display the number of matching processes
• -i, --ignore-case: Make matches case-insensitive
• -e, --echo: Display what is killed
• -n, --newest: Kill the most recently created process only
• -o, --oldest: Select the least recently created process only
• -s signame, --signal signame: Signal to send. The signal name or number may be used
• -U uid-list, --uid uid-list: Select only processes whose UID is in the given comma-separated list. Login name or numerical user ID may be used
• -x, --exact: Select only processes whose names match the given pattern exactly

Arguments

• process-name: Process name to search for