parkill(1)

Kill all processes running a specified command

Section 1 mpich bookworm source

Description

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NAME

parkill - Kill all processes running a specified command

SYNOPSIS

parkill [ -debug ] [ -verbose ] [ -user=name ] program

DESCRIPTION

parkill kills all processes running a specified command.

Many systems also have the "killall" command; this should be used instead if it is available.

This script relies on the ps command; where possible, it uses the /proc/<pid>/cmdline interface to more reliably access the commandline (to avoid matching command line parameters as if they were functions).

OPTIONS

-debug

Print debug information.

-verbose

Be verbose.

--user=name

Only kill processes belonging to a particular user. Root privileges are required for this option.

AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <torquil@gmail.com>, by copying from src/env/parkill.in in the MPICH sources.