Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once
Date	2025-04-04 18:27 +0200
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On 2025-04-04 15:40, Marc Haber wrote:
> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> Okay, enough of that...  I don't use -9 but killall is handy in small
>>> doses.
>>
>> I use -KILL instead of -9, but if you've got a program that's gone
>> nuts and it's ingoring SIGTERM, what else can you do? True you
>> shouldn't need to use it with intended behaviour like in the
>> article though.
>>
>> Another handy signal for killall is -0, which does nothing. It's
>> handy because you can check whether a process with a certain name
>> exists or not, eg.
>>
>> $ killall -q -0 tin && echo "Tin is running"
>> Tin is running
> 
> Come on, boys, we have the 2020ies, and pgrep and pkill have been
> around for two decades now.

Care to explain? I've never used them, what's the advantage?

> 
> I am an old fart myself, and I refrain from using killall since it
> does different things on Solaris than on Linux.

I don't have or do any Solaris.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-01 22:34 +0000
  Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-02 00:51 +0000
    Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-04-04 08:09 +1000
      Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-04-04 15:40 +0200
        Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 18:27 +0200
          Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-04-05 15:44 +0200
            Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-06 13:00 +0200
              Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-04-06 12:11 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-04-07 09:21 +0200
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-07 12:00 +0100
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2025-04-07 20:42 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-07 18:04 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-07 22:45 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-07 21:51 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-08 03:40 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-07 23:52 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-08 18:05 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-10 07:20 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-07 22:40 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-08 07:52 -0700
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-04-09 08:30 +1000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-08 20:16 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-09 07:58 -0700
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-09 07:59 -0700
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-04-12 10:21 +0000
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-12 13:47 +0200
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-13 01:06 -0400
                Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-13 04:49 +0000
        Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-04 19:36 +0000
          Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-04-05 11:55 +0200
      Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-04 19:00 +0000
        Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-04 22:08 +0200
      Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-09 19:40 +0000
        Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-04-10 07:53 +0200
          Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-10 18:00 +0000

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