kall(1)

kall1

Kill processes by command name

Usage

kall [-signal] prog1 [prog2 ...]

Overview

Kall sends the specified signal (defaults to -TERM) to all processes whose command name is specified on the command line. For example:

	kall -HUP remind foobar

sends a HUP signal to all remind and foobar programs. Note that kall sends signals only to those processes owned by the user invoking kall.

Author

David F. Skoll

Bugs

Kall is a sh(1) script and depends on the behaviour of ps(1); thus, it is not especially portable.

From remind 03.00.22-1 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.