[lug] kill a process

[D. Stimits]

Taz wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know how to kill an existing process and any children
> associated with it?
> 
> Jeff
> 
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kill -9 pid
or
killall -9 program_name

Use ps fx if you want to find the root process of a given process.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com