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killall is a command line utility available on Unix-like systems. There are two very different implementations. * The implementation supplied with genuine UNIX System V (including
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) and with the Linux sysvinit tools kills all processes that the user is able to kill, potentially shutting down the system if run by root. * The implementation supplied with the
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(including Mac OS X) and Linux psmisc tools is similar to the
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 and skill commands, killing only the processes specified on the command line. Both commands operate by sending a signal, like the kill program.


Example usage

Kill all processes named xmms: killall xmms


See also

* List of Unix commands * Signal (computing)


External links

* * * * {{Unix commands Unix process- and task-management-related software de:Kill (Unix)#killall