{"id":11816,"date":"2024-03-14T14:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-a-running-sh-file-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:28:15","slug":"how-to-stop-a-running-sh-file-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-a-running-sh-file-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Running .sh File in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

To stop the execution of a sh file, you can press Ctrl+C to interrupt the current process running. Open the terminal, locate the process of the running sh file, and then press the Ctrl+C key combination to stop it. If the sh file has started a background process, you can use the ps command to find the process ID, and then use the kill command to terminate that process. For example:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u67e5\u627e\u6b63\u5728\u8fd0\u884c\u7684sh\u6587\u4ef6\u7684\u8fdb\u7a0bID\uff0c\u4f7f\u7528ps\u547d\u4ee4\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    ps aux | grep script.sh\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Terminate the process using the kill command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      kill -9 <\u8fdb\u7a0bID>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      This will stop the execution of the sh file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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