Killing the correct process

[Bill Petro SunOS Marketing]

I don't know if this is appropriate, but here is a handy little tool I
use:


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#!/bin/sh
#
# killjobs
#
# Do our best to locate the PIDs to kill from the give
# process names.
#

MYNAME=`basename $0`
Ask=yes
case $1 in
"")
	echo "Usage: $MYNAME process_name ..."
	exit 1 ;;
-n)
	Ask=no; shift ;;
esac

PSAX=`ps ax`
for pname
do
	line= PID=
	PID=`echo "$PSAX" |
		grep -w $pname |
		awk '!/grep|'$MYNAME'/ {print $1}'`

	for pid in $PID
	do
		if [ $Ask = yes ]
		then
			line=`echo "$PSAX" | awk '$1 == '$pid' {print}'`
			echo -n "Kill ($line)? "
			read reply
			case $reply in
			[Yy]*)	kill -9 $pid
				;;
			esac
		else
			kill -9 $pid
		fi
	done
done
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     Bill Petro  {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!rock
"UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven"  Matthew 19:12