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Command Line Process Termination

Mastering command line process termination is a fundamental skill in system administration across different operating systems. Here are the process management commands for the three major platforms.

Windows Command Line

Windows provides multiple command-line tools for process management, including tasklist and taskkill commands.

  • Find by process name tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq ${process_name}"
    Example: tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq notepad.exe"
  • Kill process by PID taskkill /PID ${pid} /F
    Example: taskkill /PID 1234 /F
  • Kill by process name taskkill /IM ${process_name} /F
    Example: taskkill /IM notepad.exe /F
  • Kill all related processes taskkill /F /IM "${process_name}" /T
    Example: taskkill /F /IM "chrome.exe" /T

macOS Command Line

macOS is Unix-based and provides powerful process management commands, including ps, top, and kill tools.

  • Find by process name ps aux | grep "${process_name}"
    Example: ps aux | grep "Safari"
  • Kill by process name killall ${process_name}
    Example: killall Safari
  • Kill process by PID kill ${pid}
    Example: kill 1234
  • Force kill process kill -9 ${pid}
    Example: kill -9 1234

Linux Command Line

Linux provides the richest set of process management tools, supporting various advanced process operations and monitoring features.

  • Find by process name pgrep ${process_name}
    Example: pgrep firefox
  • Kill by process name pkill ${process_name}
    Example: pkill firefox
  • Kill process by PID kill ${pid}
    Example: kill 1234
  • Force kill process kill -9 ${pid}
    Example: kill -9 1234

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