kp

kp stands for "kill processes" and is a shell script that can be used to kill all processes that have a particular word in the command used to initiate them.

Installation

• Install kp script to [install_dir]
• cd [install_dir]
• chmod u+x kp
• Add [install_dir] to your PATH env. var.

Usage

kp [key_word]

Example

$ kp my-proc
Are you sure you want to kill 2 my-proc processes [yes|no|List]? l
  501 97558 26789   0 Thu06AM ??         28:18.50 my-proc foo 
  501 97559 26789   0 Thu06AM ??          1:49.84 my-proc bar 
Are you sure you want to kill 2 node processes [yes|no|List]? y
Password:
Killed 2 processes.