pkill

2.0.0 • Public • Published

pkill

Convenience wrapper around pkill(1).

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Usage

Sync

  • Will throw if there's a problem.
  • Does not throw for no matching processes.
// kills all processes named 'node'
pkill('node')

Match on full exec pattern: pkill.full

// kills all processes matching 'node debug'
pkill.full('node debug')

Async

  • Does not err for no matching processes.
pkill('node', function (err, validPid) {
  err      // if err.
  validPid // if matched any processes
})

Compatibility

  • Not work on windows.

License

MIT

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npm i pkill

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Version

2.0.0

License

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