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murder processes matching a pattern
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| # sh function to murder all running processes matching a pattern | |
| # thanks 3n: http://twitter.com/3n/status/19113206105 | |
| murder () { | |
| ps | grep $1 | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -9 | |
| } |
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How 'bout...
sudo brew install proctools ; pkill -9 $1;-)
(granted, it's not 100% equivalent in all cases, but close enough for all day-to-day uses)