KillProcess
NAME
KillProcess -
SYNOPSIS
KillProcess { -c | -m | [-n] <regexps...> }
DESCRIPTION
Enhanced process killing utility.
OPTIONS
--terse
Enable terse messages.
--debug
Enable debug messages.
-h, --help
Show this help.
--version
Show program version.
-v, --verbose
Enable verbose mode.
--logfile <entry>
Log all output to specified file.
-i, --interactive
Ask for confirmation before killing a process.
-d, --display
Informative output only. Do not actually kill any process.
-n, --name
Kill processes by name. This is similar to killall, but names are matched to regular expressions passed as
additional parameters to KillProcess. This is the default behavior if no other mode switches are passed.
-m, --memory
Kill the process that is consuming the greatest amount of memory.
-c, --cpu
Kill the process with the highest CPU usage level.
-s, --spare <entry>[:<entry>...]
Enter a colon-separated list of program names that should not be killed by automatic kills. Entries for this
list can also be added in the killProcessSpare entry in the configuration file.
Notes:
Be mindful that when matching processes by name, you are actually searching for a match in any part of the
entire process command line. For example, entering 'ion' as a pattern would also match 'evolution'. Further‐
more, even parameters may match: a search for 'lpd' would also kill 'kwrite helpdocument.txt'.
EXAMPLES
KillProcess knotify artsd kwrited
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003. Released under the GNU GPL.
GoboLinux March 2017 KILLPROCESS(1)