---
name: "kdekillall"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdesdk-scripts"
version: "4:3.5.9-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kdekillall"
---

# kdekillall(1)

kills processes started with kdeinit

## NAME

kdekillall - kills processes started with kdeinit

## SYNOPSIS

**kdekillall** \[ **-***signal* \] *process-name*

## DESCRIPTION

**kdekillall** kills all processes with a particular name that were started through kdeinit.  Specifically, it kills all processes **kdeinit:** *process-name*.

This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## OPTIONS

- **-***signal*

  Kill the processes with signal *signal*.  This option defaults to SIGTERM.  Run *kill -l* for a list of possible signals.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).