Questions tagged [pkill]
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How stop after running react-scripts start?
I started a React app with
npm start
with start defined in package.json:
{
"name": "testreactapp",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"react": "^15.6.1",
"react-dom": "^15.6.1",
"react-scripts": "1.0.10"
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user1837293
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Pkill -f doesn't work for process killing
I have this process running:
342 pts/2 T 0:00 sh -c sudo screen /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/btdownloadcurses "http://zoink.it/torrent/732A4A9B54B7E3A916C2835D936D985942F65A6D.torrent" --display_interval 20 --saveas "/srv/"
343 pts/2 T 0:00…
Lim zhen xiang
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Killing a subtree of processes in linux bash
i am typing a small bash script which should clone a git repository, checkout a specific hardcoded branch and listen for some new commits. If new commits are found the script should kill a running instance of 'MyApp', do a git pull and finally build…
user8357485
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pkill returns 255 in combination with another command via remote ssh
When I try to execute pkill on a remote host in combination with another command, it always returns 255, even though both the commands were successful.
Examples
ssh 'pkill -f xyz' # returns 0 (rightly so when xyz is a process)
ssh…
Mohsin Khan
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`pkill` and static objects destruction in C++
There is a C++ structure having static instance:
class A
{
public:
A () {}
~A() {
// smth.
}
} a;
Does pkill of process calls destructors of all static objects implemented in C++?
Is there a guarentee that pkill, before process…
Martin Ayvazyan
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killproc command not found error in Ubuntu 12.04
I have a redmine script in /etc/init.d/ folder which was working fine before I broke the ruby and rails packages link. Then I played with ruby gems and finally fixed the broken links. Then I tried to restart redmine script, But strangely, I got the…
Kenshin
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Do driver.quit() and pkill chrome have the same effect in releasing memory?
I have a Python script that uses Selenium to do some web-page clicking and scraping. Script is running on Ubuntu, running on an EC2 instance. The basic code:
from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
import datetime
from…
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Why pkill return -9?
I want to run command pkill -9 -f 'java.*7104' in python3 use subprocess.run, but I do not know why returncode=-9, can anyone explain this?
>>> subprocess.run("pkill -9 -f 'java.*7104'", shell=True)
CompletedProcess(args="pkill -9 -f 'java.*7104'",…
Ren
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Why does running "pkill -f " over ssh fail only when branching on its result?
Found an interesting interaction between pkill and ssh. Documenting it here for posterity:
$ ssh user@remote 'false'; echo $?
1
$ ssh user@remote 'false || echo "failed"'; echo…
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How kill several subprocesses with the same name, with Python3
With Raspberry Pi and Python3 I get these subprocess:
ps -aux | grep python3
pi 4168 0.9 0.7 11088 7304 ? S 18:31 0:00 python3 blue.py
pi 4175 1.2 0.7 11088 7300 ? S 18:33 0:00 python3 blue.py
pi 4185 2.4 0.7 …
canel
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Unable to pkill a subprocess
Consider:
import subprocess
import time
def run_instance():
command = "sleep 30 >out 2>err &"
subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True, start_new_session=True)
def kill_instance():
print(subprocess.check_output(f"pgrep -f 30",…
AlwaysLearning
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Linux short simple command how to send SIGTERM to a process and SIGKILL if it fails to exist in X seconds?
How should look the Linux command to send terminate signal to the process/PID and if it fails to exit gracefully after 10 seconds kill it?
My attempt is: "sudo timeout -vk 5 10 kill PIDhere" (-v verbose, -k kill after X seconds) but I am not sure if…
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How to stop all background processes(running functions) by using Trap?
I have two long running functions which needs to be executed asynchronously. For simplicity, assume one function sends Mail to client every 10 seconds & other logs text file every two seconds.
I cannot use cron jobs to do this. Everything has to be…
Mysterious Jack
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How python subprocess can detect a negative exit code? How to force it return 0 instead?
I'm using pkill to send USR2 signal to suricata by python subprocess as below:
#!/usr/bin/python3
script_command='pkill -SIGUSR2 -f /usr/bin/suricata'
exit_status = subprocess.call(script_command, env=self.config_environment, shell=True)
the…
Nguyễn Louis
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pkill given process depending on input arguments
I have a python process running, called test.py that I run from a bash script with input parameters.
$PWD/test.py -s $symbol -folder $folder -n $name -d $name
Once running ps -elf | grep test.py, the process appears with the parameters.
I am…
JejeBelfort
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