tldr/pages/common/pkill.md

# pkill

> Signal process by name.
> Mostly used for stopping processes.

- Kill all processes which match:

`pkill -9 {{process_name}}`

- Kill all processes which match their full command instead of just the process name:

`pkill -9 -f "{{command_name}}"`

- Send SIGUSR1 signal to processes which match:

`pkill -USR1 {{process_name}}`
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			`> Mostly used for stopping processes.`
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			`pkill -9 {{process_name}}`

pkill: Add example with -f flag Its useful to be able to kill processes by their full command. The pgrep tldr page already has a -f flag example. 2016-01-13 22:03:35 +00:00			`- Kill all processes which match their full command instead of just the process name:`

			`pkill -9 -f "{{command_name}}"`

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			`pkill -USR1 {{process_name}}`