killall

Send kill signal to all instances of a process by name (must be exact name).

All signals except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process, allowing a clean exit.

More information.

• Terminate a process using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:

killall {process_name}

• List available signal names (to be used without the 'SIG' prefix):

killall --list

• Interactively ask for confirmation before termination:

killall -i {process_name}

• Terminate a process using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal, which is the same signal sent by pressing `Ctrl + C`:

killall -INT {process_name}

• Force kill a process:

killall -KILL {process_name}

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