Process Management
killall
Kills processes by name.
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Slackware
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Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$killall [OPTIONEN] NAME...
Examples
$killall firefox
$killall -9 httpd
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
killall --help
Note
Terminate all instances of a program.
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