killall
- Similar to
kill, but kill by process name
# Closes completely program
killall "process-name"
killall -9 "google-chrome-stable"
# Choose signal
killall -s 9 "process-name" # SIGKILL
killall -9 "process-name"
# Wait the process to terminate before closing
killall -w "process-name"
Signals
- Default signal is 15 (SIGTERM)
#List signals
killall -l