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Killing several processes

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I have one command (/usr/lib/R/exec/R pathtoDifferentFiles) being executed with many different arguments (file names). Looking at htop, I see at least 30 processes created,

I want to kill all of them at the same time.

Is there a way to kill processes that apply a command starting with a pattern? (/usr/lib/R/exec/R)

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answered 3 Years ago freezidepu · Accepted Answer

Try using the pkill command:

pkill --full /usr/lib/R/bin/exec/R

From the pkill man page:

pkill will send the specified signal (by default SIGTERM) to each process.



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      -f, --full

        The pattern is normally only matched against the process name.

        When -f is set, the full command line is

        used.