{"id":4831,"date":"2023-02-11T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2023-02-11T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:47:24","slug":"ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To stop a process in Ubuntu Linux, you can use the <code>kill<\/code> command in the terminal. The basic syntax is:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">kill<\/span> [SIGNAL] PID<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Where <code>SIGNAL<\/code> is the signal you want to send to the process, and <code>PID<\/code> is the process ID of the process you want to stop. By default, the <code>kill<\/code> command sends the <code>SIGTERM<\/code> signal, which tells the process to gracefully shut down.<\/p>\n<p>If the process is not responding to the <code>SIGTERM<\/code> signal, you can send the <code>SIGKILL<\/code> signal, which forces the process to shut down immediately, using the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">kill<\/span> -9 PID<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To find the PID of the process you want to stop, use the <code>ps<\/code> command, which lists all running processes, or the <code>top<\/code> command, which shows a real-time view of running processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To stop a process in Ubuntu Linux, you can use the kill command in the terminal. The basic syntax is: kill [SIGNAL] PID Where SIGNAL is the signal you want to send to the process, and PID is the process ID of the process you want to stop. By default, the kill command sends the &#8230; <a title=\"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-tutorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To stop a process in Ubuntu Linux, you can use the kill command in the terminal. The basic syntax is: kill [SIGNAL] PID Where SIGNAL is the signal you want to send to the process, and PID is the process ID of the process you want to stop. By default, the kill command sends the ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TrySitePrice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rahul Sahu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rahul Sahu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/358e04eeea4281deacad2f30c58e67f4\"},\"headline\":\"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Best\/Tutorial\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\",\"name\":\"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"TrySitePrice\",\"description\":\"Free Website Value Calculator Tool\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TrySitePrice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-trysiteprice-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-trysiteprice-logo.png\",\"width\":395,\"height\":268,\"caption\":\"TrySitePrice\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/358e04eeea4281deacad2f30c58e67f4\",\"name\":\"Rahul Sahu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51f0f95f7b95665f62baed2211572165?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51f0f95f7b95665f62baed2211572165?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rahul Sahu\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/author\/rsahu4242_trysiteprice\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice","og_description":"To stop a process in Ubuntu Linux, you can use the kill command in the terminal. The basic syntax is: kill [SIGNAL] PID Where SIGNAL is the signal you want to send to the process, and PID is the process ID of the process you want to stop. By default, the kill command sends the ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/","og_site_name":"TrySitePrice","article_published_time":"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00","author":"Rahul Sahu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/"},"author":{"name":"Rahul Sahu","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/358e04eeea4281deacad2f30c58e67f4"},"headline":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process","datePublished":"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/"},"wordCount":118,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Best\/Tutorial"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/","url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/","name":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process - TrySitePrice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-11T07:47:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/ubuntu-linux-stop-a-process\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ubuntu Linux Stop a Process"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/","name":"TrySitePrice","description":"Free Website Value Calculator Tool","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"TrySitePrice","url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-trysiteprice-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-trysiteprice-logo.png","width":395,"height":268,"caption":"TrySitePrice"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/358e04eeea4281deacad2f30c58e67f4","name":"Rahul Sahu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51f0f95f7b95665f62baed2211572165?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51f0f95f7b95665f62baed2211572165?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rahul Sahu"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/author\/rsahu4242_trysiteprice\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4841,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions\/4841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}