How Do You End a Process in Ubuntu?
Contents How Do You End a Process in Linux Terminal? Here’s What We Do: Use the Ps Command to Get the Process Id (Pid) of the Process We Want to Terminate...
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How do you end a process in Linux terminal?
Here’s what we do:
- Use the ps command to get the process id (PID) of the process we want to terminate.
- Issue a kill command for that PID.
- If the process refuses to terminate (i.e., it is ignoring the signal), send increasingly harsh signals until it does terminate.
What command is used to terminate a process?
When no signal is included in the kill command-line syntax, the default signal that is used is –15 (SIGKILL). Using the –9 signal (SIGTERM) with the kill command ensures that the process terminates promptly.
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