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pkill

2.0.0 • Public • Published

pkill

Convenience wrapper around pkill(1).

Build Status

Usage

Sync

  • Will throw if there's a problem.
  • Does not throw for no matching processes.
// kills all processes named 'node'
pkill('node')

Match on full exec pattern: pkill.full

// kills all processes matching 'node debug'
pkill.full('node debug')

Async

  • Does not err for no matching processes.
pkill('node', function (err, validPid) {
  err      // if err.
  validPid // if matched any processes
})

Compatibility

  • Not work on windows.

License

MIT

Dependencies (0)

    Dev Dependencies (2)

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    Install

    npm i pkill

    Repository

    github.com/timoxley/pkill

    Homepage

    github.com/timoxley/pkill

    Weekly Downloads

    522

    Version

    2.0.0

    License

    MIT

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    Collaborators

    • timoxley
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