path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/part4.html
><A
HREF="system.html#PIDOFREF"
>pidof</A
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path: abs-guide_10-4/kill-process.sh
# This entire script could be replaced by
#        kill $(pidof -x process_name)
# or
#        killall process_name


path: abs-guide_10-4/kill-process.sh
#     process=pppd
t=`pidof $process`       # Find pid (process id) of $process.
# The pid is needed by 'kill' (can't 'kill' by program name).


path: abs-guide_10-4/kill-process.sh
# The pid is needed by 'kill' (can't 'kill' by program name).
if [ -z "$t" ]           # If process not present, 'pidof' returns null.
then
  echo "Process $process was not running."


path: abs-guide_10-4/kill-process.sh
# Need a check here to see if process allowed itself to be killed.
# Perhaps another " t=`pidof $process` " or ...


path: abs-guide_10-4/kill-byname.sh
# 2&>/dev/null suppresses unwanted error messages.
#
# Can  grep "$PROCESS_NAME" be replaced by pidof "$PROCESS_NAME"?
# ---------------------------------------------------------------


path: abs-guide_10-4/pid-identifier.sh
#    fi
# To simplify the entire process, use "pidof".


path: abs-guide_10-4/spawn.sh
PIDS=$(pidof sh $0)  # Process IDs of the various instances of this script.
P_array=( $PIDS )    # Put them in an array (why?).
echo $PIDS           # Show process IDs of parent and child processes.


path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/procref1.html
  37&nbsp;#    fi
  38&nbsp;
  39&nbsp;# To simplify the entire process, use "pidof".
  40&nbsp;
  41&nbsp;


path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/procref1.html
   6&nbsp;
   7&nbsp;# Identify PID.
   8&nbsp;pid=$( echo $(pidof "$1") | awk '{ print $1 }' )
   9&nbsp;# Get only first            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ of multiple instances.
  10&nbsp;


path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/procref1.html
  17&nbsp;#  However, as Oleg Philon points out,
  18&nbsp;#+ this could have been considerably simplified by using "pidof".
  19&nbsp;#  pidno=$( pidof $PROCNAME )
  20&nbsp;#
  21&nbsp;#  Moral of the story:


path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/procref1.html
  16&nbsp;#
  17&nbsp;#  However, as Oleg Philon points out,
  18&nbsp;#+ this could have been considerably simplified by using "pidof".
  19&nbsp;#  pidno=$( pidof $PROCNAME )
  20&nbsp;#


path: abs-guide_10-4/connect-stat.sh
#
#  However, as Oleg Philon points out,
#+ this could have been considerably simplified by using "pidof".
#  pidno=$( pidof $PROCNAME )
#


path: abs-guide_10-4/connect-stat.sh
#  However, as Oleg Philon points out,
#+ this could have been considerably simplified by using "pidof".
#  pidno=$( pidof $PROCNAME )
#
#  Moral of the story:


path: abs-guide_10-4/HTML/index.html
><I
CLASS="FIRSTTERM"
>pidof</I
> helps kill a process</A
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