CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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ElementalStorm
ElementalStorm

Reputation: 828

killall on ubuntu not working as expected finding process name

user@server:~$ ps fax | grep goh_launcher
11552 pts/2    S+     0:00              \_ grep --color=auto goh_launcher
 4273 ?        S      1:41 /usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/bin/goh_launcher.php

user@server:~$ killall -i goh_launcher.php
goh_launcher.php: nessun processo trovato

user@server:~$ killall -i goh_launcher.ph
Terminare goh_launcher.ph(4273)? (s/N)

Why looking for "goh_launcher.php" does not work, while removing the last "p" makes it work?

This is an Ubuntu LTS 12.04 .

Upvotes: 0

Views: 721

Answers (1)

user849425
user849425

Reputation:

From the killall manpage:

-e, --exact Require an exact match for very long names. If a command name is longer than 15 characters, the full name may be unavailable (i.e. it is swapped out). In this case, killall will kill every- thing that matches within the first 15 characters. With -e, such entries are skipped. killall prints a message for each skipped entry if -v is specified in addition to -e,

I believe your first command exceeds that character limit by 1 character.

Upvotes: 1

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