linux: kill background task
How do I kill the last spawned background task in linux? Example: doSomething doAnotherThing doB & doC doD #kill doB ???? 8 Answers 8
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How can I stop a running MySQL query?
I connect to mysql from my Linux shell. Every now and then I run a SELECT query that is too big. It prints and prints and I already know this is not what I meant. I would like to stop the query. Hitting Ctrl+C (a couple of times) kills mysql completely and takes me back … Read more
How to kill all processes matching a name?
Say I want to kill every process containing the word amarok. I can print out the commands I want to execute. But how do I actually make the shell execute them. ie. ps aux | grep -ie amarok | awk ‘{print “kill -9 ” $2}’ Output: kill -9 3052 kill -9 3071 kill -9 3076 … Read more
How can I kill a process by name instead of PID, on Linux? [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: Find and kill a process in one line using bash and regex (29 answers) Closed 11 months ago. Sometimes when I try to start Firefox it says “a Firefox process is already running”. So I have to do this: jeremy@jeremy-desktop:~$ ps aux | grep firefox jeremy 7451 25.0 27.4 … Read more
What killed my process and why?
My application runs as a background process on Linux. It is currently started at the command line in a Terminal window. Recently a user was executing the application for a while and it died mysteriously. The text: Killed was on the terminal. This happened two times. I asked if someone at a different Terminal used … Read more
How to kill a process on a port on ubuntu
I am trying to kill a process in the command line for a specific port in ubuntu. If I run this command I get the port: sudo lsof -t -i:9001 so…now I want to run: sudo kill ‘sudo lsof -t -i:9001’ I get this error message: ERROR: garbage process ID “lsof -t -i:9001”. Usage: kill … Read more
Kill detached screen session [closed]
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Closed 8 years ago. Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I learned from somewhere a detached screen can be killed by screen -X -S … Read more
Is there any way to kill a Thread?
Is it possible to terminate a running thread without setting/checking any flags/semaphores/etc.? 29 s 29 It is generally a bad pattern to kill a thread abruptly, in Python, and in any language. Think of the following cases: the thread is holding a critical resource that must be closed properly the thread has created several other … Read more
