UNIX / Linux: Kill All My Jobs Under Current Shell Session

In Unix/Linux, you can use the “kill” command to terminate a running process or job. To kill all your jobs under the current shell session, you can use the following steps:

  1. Open a terminal and list all your running jobs by typing:
jobs

This will display a list of all the jobs that are currently running under the current shell session.

  1. Use the “kill” command to terminate each job. You can use a “for” loop to automate the process. The following command will terminate all the jobs under the current shell session:
for job in `jobs -p`
do
kill $job
done

This will loop through all the running jobs and send a termination signal to each job.

Alternatively, you can use the “killall” command to kill all processes that are running under your user account. The following command will terminate all the processes that are running under your user account:

killall -u $USER

This will terminate all the processes that are running under your user account, including those that were not started from the current shell session.

By using the “kill” or “killall” command in Unix/Linux, you can easily terminate all your jobs or processes under the current shell session or user account.

(Ambien)

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