Do the "killed" processes show up on 'ps' as zombies (with a Z)? If so then
they may be there because their parent process is still (erroneously)
waiting for them to complete. Try using adding the -f option to ps. This
will show the parent-child relationships of your processes. If this is the
case, then kill the parent process.
Another thought that comes to mind: is your kill command aliased in some way
that prevents the -9 argument from being recognized? Try the alias command.
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Bob Glover
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