TECH SOLUTIONS

#!/bin/bash

echo "Enter process name (or part of process name)"

read pname

noOfInstances=`ps -ef | grep $pname | grep -v grep | wc -l`

echo $noOfInstances

# ps -ef | grep $pname | grep -v grep | cut -d" " -f2 > ~/Documents/Linux/s-killMultiPs/pnames.log

ps -ef | grep $pname | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' > ~/Documents/Linux/s-killMultiPs/pnames.log

while read line

do

echo "Killing PID: " $line

kill -9 $line

done<~/Documents/Linux/s-killMultiPs/pnames.log