{"id":12576,"date":"2024-03-14T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-pkill-command-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T03:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T03:33:12","slug":"how-to-use-the-pkill-command-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-pkill-command-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"pkill Command Guide: Use in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pkill command is used to terminate processes based on the process name or other conditions.<\/p>\n

Follow the format:<\/p>\n

pkill [\u9009\u9879] \u8fdb\u7a0b\u540d\/\u8fdb\u7a0b\u6761\u4ef6\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\u5e38\u7528\u7684\u9009\u62e9\uff1a<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. -u : specifies the user.<\/li>\n
  2. -g : specify the process group.<\/li>\n
  3. Parent process: specify the parent process.<\/li>\n
  4. -t : Specify the terminal.<\/li>\n
  5. -F: Use exact name matching.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    For instance, to terminate all processes named “example,” you can use the following command:<\/p>\n
    pkill example\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    To terminate all processes named “example” and specify the user as “root,” you can use the following command:<\/p>\n
    pkill -u root example\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Note: the pkill command will send a SIGTERM signal to the matching process, if the process cannot exit normally, you can use kill -9  to forcefully kill the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    The pkill command is used to terminate processes based on the process name or other conditions. Follow the format: pkill [\u9009\u9879] \u8fdb\u7a0b\u540d\/\u8fdb\u7a0b\u6761\u4ef6 \u5e38\u7528\u7684\u9009\u62e9\uff1a -u : specifies the user. -g : specify the process group. Parent process: specify the parent process. -t : Specify the terminal. -F: Use exact name matching. For instance, to terminate all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16082,2757,7466,16081,7334],"class_list":["post-12576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kill-processes","tag-linux-administration","tag-linux-command","tag-pkill","tag-terminate-process"],"yoast_head":"\npkill Command Guide: Use in Linux - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Master the pkill command in Linux to terminate processes by name, user, or conditions with practical examples.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-pkill-command-in-linux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"pkill Command Guide: Use in Linux\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Master the pkill command in Linux to terminate processes by name, user, or conditions with practical examples.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-pkill-command-in-linux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog - 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