when i use ps -ef |grep i get the current running programs
if below shown are the currently running programs.How can i stop a program using the name of the program
user 8587 8577 30 12:06 pts/9 00:03:07 python3 program1.py
user 8588 8579 30 12:06 pts/9 00:03:08 python3 program2.py
eg. If i want to stop program1.py then how can i stop the process using the program name "program1.py" .If any suggestions on killing the program with python will be great
By using psutil is fairly easy
import psutil
proc = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if 'program.py' in p.cmdline()]
proc[0].kill()
To find out the process from the process name filter through the process list with psutil like in Cross-platform way to get PIDs by process name in python
Try doing this with the process name:
pkill -f "Process name"
For eg. If you want to kill the process "program1.py", type in:
pkill -f "program1.py"
Let me know if it helps!
Assuming you have pkill utility installed, you can just use:
pkill program1.py
If you don't, using more common Linux commands:
kill $(ps -ef | grep program1.py | awk '{print $2}')
If you insist on using Python for that, see How to terminate process from Python using pid?
grep the program and combine add pipe send the output in another command.
1. see program ps -ef.
2.search program grep program.
3. remove the grep that you search because is appear in the search process grep -v grep.
4.separate the process to kill with awk awk '{ print $2 }'
5. apply cmd on the previous input xarks kill -9
ps -ef | grep progam | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9
see here for more:
about pipe , awk, xargs
with python you can use os:
template = "ps -ef | grep {program} | grep -v grep | awk '{{ print $2 }}' | xargs kill -9"
import os
os.system(template.format(program="work.py"))
