Kill running process by its name in Linux

To Nha Notes | April 26, 2021, 6:30 p.m.

  • Kill a process by part of process command:

    pkill -f [part_of_a_command]
    
  • Kill a process by constructing kill commands:

    ps aux | grep "tuning_online" | grep -v "grep" | awk '{print "kill " $2}'

    output:

    kill 12076
    kill 12079
    

    Copy & paste output to terminal to execute it.