12 Jan 2017

OS X Daily: How to Kill a Process by Name Instead of PID via Command Line

OS X Daily: How to Kill a Process by Name Instead of PID via Command Line

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How to Kill a Process by Name Instead of PID via Command Line

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 11:41 AM PST

Command line users rely on the ‘kill’ command to terminate a process as defined by the appropriate process identifier (PID). While there’s nothing wrong with targeting processes by their PID, another approach which is often easier is to target a process by name, rather than its unique identifier. There are a few ways to kill ... Read More

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