How can I kill all child processes of a certain process from the command line?
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I run both regular Chrome and Chrome Canary (from now on, Canary). Sometimes I want to kill all subprocesses, Google Chrome Helper, of Canary. The problem is that they have the same name as the subprocesses of regular Chrome so killall "Google Chrome Helper" would kill both Canary's and Chromes' subprocesses.
How can, with a "oneliner" or similar, I kill all subprocesses of Canary without killing the subprocesses of Chrome with the same name?
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I run both regular Chrome and Chrome Canary (from now on, Canary). Sometimes I want to kill all subprocesses, Google Chrome Helper, of Canary. The problem is that they have the same name as the subprocesses of regular Chrome so killall "Google Chrome Helper" would kill both Canary's and Chromes' subprocesses.
How can, with a "oneliner" or similar, I kill all subprocesses of Canary without killing the subprocesses of Chrome with the same name?
Mac OS X
command-line osx kill process-management
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
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asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
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I run both regular Chrome and Chrome Canary (from now on, Canary). Sometimes I want to kill all subprocesses, Google Chrome Helper, of Canary. The problem is that they have the same name as the subprocesses of regular Chrome so killall "Google Chrome Helper" would kill both Canary's and Chromes' subprocesses.
How can, with a "oneliner" or similar, I kill all subprocesses of Canary without killing the subprocesses of Chrome with the same name?
Mac OS X
command-line osx kill process-management
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
433
I run both regular Chrome and Chrome Canary (from now on, Canary). Sometimes I want to kill all subprocesses, Google Chrome Helper, of Canary. The problem is that they have the same name as the subprocesses of regular Chrome so killall "Google Chrome Helper" would kill both Canary's and Chromes' subprocesses.
How can, with a "oneliner" or similar, I kill all subprocesses of Canary without killing the subprocesses of Chrome with the same name?
Mac OS X
command-line osx kill process-management
command-line osx kill process-management
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
433
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
433
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
edited Sep 13 at 8:28
dr01
15.9k114869
15.9k114869
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
433
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
433
asked Sep 13 at 7:59
hensti
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433
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Try using the -P option of pkill:
-P ppid Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
comma-separated list ppid.
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Try using the -P option of pkill:
-P ppid Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
comma-separated list ppid.
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Try using the -P option of pkill:
-P ppid Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
comma-separated list ppid.
answered Sep 13 at 9:11
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up vote
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Try using the -P option of pkill:
-P ppid Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
comma-separated list ppid.
answered Sep 13 at 9:11
mosvy
1,59719
Try using the -P option of pkill:
-P ppid Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
comma-separated list ppid.
answered Sep 13 at 9:11
mosvy
1,59719
answered Sep 13 at 9:11
mosvy
1,59719
answered Sep 13 at 9:11
mosvy
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answered Sep 13 at 9:11
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