How to force quit a process on Ubuntu?

To forcibly end a process, you can use the kill command or the killall command.

  1. Execute the kill command:
  2. Open the terminal.
  3. Enter the command “ps -ef” to find the PID (Process ID) of the process you want to end.
  4. To terminate a process with a specific PID, use the command “sudo kill “. For example, to end a process with a PID of 1234, the command would be “sudo kill 1234”.
  5. Use the killall command:
  6. Open the terminal.
  7. You can terminate a process by entering the command “sudo killall “, where is the name of the process you want to end. For example, to end a process named firefox, the command would be “sudo killall firefox”.

Please note that terminating a process forcibly may result in data loss or system instability, so please use with caution.

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