The tool's basic usage is very easy - all you have to do is to pass the name of the process as argument to killall. For example, to kill the gthumb process that was running on my system, I used killall in the following way:. Note that in case you aren't aware of the exact name of the process, you can use the ps command to fetch this information. Yes, it is. It throws an error 'no process found' error if the user fails to write the process name in correct case.
Following is an example:. However, if you want, you can force killall to ignore case using the -I command line option. Suppose you want the killall command to ask for user permissions before it kills a process, then you can use the -i command-line option. This will make the killall operation interactive. However, you can send other signals as well. However, for this to work, you need to know what all signals the killall command can send.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, so please try both before you decide on one. If you have any questions, post a comment.
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There are multiple ways you can search for a process in Linux. The ps command displays similar information to top , though it will not be in the form of an interface. Instead, the ps command provides a complete listing of running processes, formatted based on the tags you add. For example, the command ps -aux will return a detailed process list of all processes. The Linux command pgrep is a more complex way of finding a process. This command will return processes based on specific selection criteria, which is known as the pattern.
The command pgrep -u root displays all processes owned by root. The pidof command is used to find the ID of a process, provided that you know the name of the process. There are a few different methods of killing a process in Linux, depending on whether you know the name of the process running, the pid of the process, or just how long the process has been running.
The killall command is used to kill processes by name. The killall command can kill multiple processes with a single command. In addition to killing processes based on name, the killall command can also be used to kill based on the age of the process, using the following commands:.
Through her work with Leviathan, Underwood came into contact with Johann Fennhoff , who used her as his personal assassin, during his revenge mission against Howard Stark. Underwood was sent to the United States of America , where she spied on Stark, [4] and Peggy Carter , whom she moved next door to. Dottie Underwood murdering Otto Mink. Underwood would use her skills as a Red Room assassin, to ensure that Fennhoff's plan continued without issue, assassinating Ray Krzeminski and Jerome Zandow , before Zandow could reveal any information that Leet Brannis had told him about Fennhoff and the Red Room.
The Red Room is found by Peggy Carter. However, the SSR were able to learn of the connection between the theft of Stark's weapons and Russia , as they sent Carter and Jack Thompson on a mission to break into the Red Room Academy and learn more. As Carter and Thompson joined forces with the Howling Commandos , they infiltrated the academy, discovering their classrooms, which involved footage of American programming, intended to brainwash their young, female assassins.
During their search of the Academy, Dum Dum Dugan encountered Eva crying in the corner, as he attempted to comfort her. However, Eva revealed herself to be an assassin, as she killed Junior Juniper and escaped.
Eva prepares to murder Dum Dum Dugan. With the Red Room's guards now quickly closing in on their location, Carter and the Howling Commandos had then prepared to escape from the academy, encountering Fennhoff and Nikola along the way, whom they freed, unaware that Fennhoff was behind the entire conspiracy.
While they battled the Red Room's guards, Eva once again managed to sneak up on them, shooting Mike Li in the back of the head, before once again escaping.
Dottie Underwood tries to kill Peggy Carter. Fennhoff was able to communicate these orders to Underwood, who had killed Seth Honicky to gain access to an office across from the SSR's office.
Underwood managed to get the drop on Carter, who had been unaware of her true intentions, as Underwood used the Sweet Dreams Lipstick to knock her unconscious, before attempting to cut her throat, only for Thompson and Daniel Sousa to interrupt and arrest Carter, failing to suspect Underwood's true intent, while Carter watched on as Underwood disappeared into the crowd, with no one expecting Underwood to be involved with any of this.
Dottie Underwood spies on Johann Fennhoff. Underwood would continue getting her orders from Fennhoff, until the SSR realised what was happened, and sent agents to arrest her. Underwood was able to subdue Sousa, before escaping down the stairs, killing Corcoran on the way out. Underwood would then collect Fennhoff, once he had made his escape, as the pair continued their mission, leaving the Midnight Oil in a public theatre, to test it's effectiveness.
Dottie Underwood is beaten by Peggy Carter. However, they were eventually found by Carter, who attempted to arrest them both, only for Underwood to disarm Carter, allowing Fennhoff to run, with Underwood commenting that she intended to take on Carter's identity soon.
Despite Underwood's training, Underwood was defeated by Carter and kicked out of a window, although she survived the wall and escaped, while Fennhoff was arrested, and Stark was convinced to return, having not dropped the Midnight Oil.
Natasha Romanoff is selected by Dreykov.
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