On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:22:13AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill > > My preferred method is: > $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` > OR > $ ps -C xine -o pid= | xargs kill > > This is subtly different from the other suggestions (such as "killall > xine"), as it kills anything beginning with xine. This is very useful > for killing evolution and its components when a major error occurs.
that makes sense, this is my understanding: -C means command name, -o defines the desired format of the ps output and xargs uses whatever is piped to it as the argument for kill? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
