How can I kill a process by name instead of PID, on Linux? [duplicate]
Solution 1:
pkill firefox
More information: http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_pkill.htm
Solution 2:
Also possible to use:
pkill -f "Process name"
For me, it worked up perfectly. It was what I have been looking for. pkill doesn't work with name without the flag.
When -f is set, the full command line is used for pattern matching.