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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:49:03 -0400
From: "Lev Bishop" <lev.bishop@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I kill a grandchild process from shell program?
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On 10/23/06, Jim Seymour <nntp.ff@thentao.com> wrote:

> However, if things don't work fine, the background process sticks around
> to plague me later.
>
> I'd like to end my main script by killing the background process (if
> it's still around), but I'm having a helluva time figuring out HOW.

How about:
$ killall <progname>

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