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Shell script to -9 kill based on name

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Is there a way (perhaps a script) how to automate this process:

petr@sova:~$ ps -ef | grep middleman

petr     18445  2312  1 12:06 pts/2    00:00:01 /home/petr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p362/bin/middleman                                                                  

petr     18581 13621  0 12:08 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto middleman

petr@sova:~$ kill -9 18445

Unfortunately, pkill is too weak as I have to go with -9 option on kill.

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answered 2 Years ago antebrow · Accepted Answer

You can use your shell to do this task for you:

kill -9 $(pidof middleman)

The shell executes the command pidof middleman first. The output of pidof(8) is the process id. So the shell substitutes the pidof-command with the process id and executes kill -9 18845 (or whatever the correct process id is).