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Do not know how to use linux's pkill command to kill a process according to its name? In fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem. Let the editor take you to learn how to solve it. I hope you will gain a lot after reading this article.

The pkill command can kill a process by its name. Pkill and killall apply the same method, but also directly kill the running program. If you want to kill a single process, use kill to kill it.

Syntax format: pkill [parameters]

Common parameters:

-o send signal only to the smallest (start) process number found-n send signal only to the maximum (end) process number found-P specify parent process number send signal-g specify process group-t specify the terminal on which the process is started

Reference example

Send a signal only to the smallest (starting) process number found:

[root@linuxcool] # pkill-o

Send a signal only to the maximum (end) process number found:

[root@linuxcool ~] # pkill-n

Kill the Apache process:

[root@linuxcool ~] # pkill httpd Thank you for reading this article carefully. I hope it is helpful for everyone to share the pkill command of linux to kill the process according to the process name. At the same time, I also hope you can support it, pay attention to the industry information channel, and find out if you encounter problems. Detailed solutions are waiting for you to learn!

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