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pkill

Kills processes based on patterns.

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Syntax
$pkill [OPTIONS] PATTERN
Examples
Examples
$pkill firefox
Examples
$pkill -f 'python script'
Typical use cases
Standard usage
pkill --help
Detailed Help
man pkill
Note Complements pgrep
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