Kill Process In Ubuntu Linux

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In Ubuntu Linux, you can use the kill command to terminate a process. The kill command sends a signal to a process, which terminates the process. By default, the kill command sends the SIGTERM signal, which asks the process to gracefully terminate.

Here’s an example of how to use the kill command to terminate a process:

  1. Find the PID (process ID) of the process you want to kill. You can use the ps command to list all running processes and their PIDs:
ps aux | grep process-name

Replace process-name with the name of the process you’re looking for.

  1. Use the following command to send the SIGTERM signal to the process:
kill PID

Replace PID with the actual PID of the process you found in step 1.

If the process does not respond to the SIGTERM signal, you can use the SIGKILL signal, which forces the process to terminate immediately. The SIGKILL signal can be sent using the following command:

kill -9 PID

Note that the SIGKILL signal cannot be ignored or caught by the process, so use it with caution.

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