Huiyuan Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > No,it has nothing to do with /etc/profile,just
> another problem. :-)
> If I have started a program(by clicking the icon or
> something like that), is there anyway to stop it if it
> couldn't pause itself or runs into an infinite loop?
> Thanks a lot.
You can `kill' it like this:
Find the process id number (pid) by grepping the output of `ps waux' like
this:
ps waux|grep PROGRAMNAME
Where PROGRAMNAME is either the full name of the program or a
significant part of it.
To avoid seeing your grep command in the output, put brackets around
the first letter like this:
ps waux|grep [P]ROGRAMNAME
You'll see output like this:
ps waux|grep [p]ppd
root 7290 0.0 0.8 2024 1072 ttyS1 S 08:55 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd modem
crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach use
The number you see above (7290) is the pid. You can kill the program
by saying:
# kill -SIGTERM 7290 (that is a signal 15)
Then recheck with the same `ps waux' command. If for some reason that
doesn't kill it then you'll need the big hammer:
# kill -9 7290
To learn all the possible signals:
$ kill -l
Reading you *SHOULD* do before using the above technique:
man ps
man kill
NOTE: If you didn't start the program, you may have to be root to kill it.
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