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.IX Title "Proc::Killall 3pm"
.TH Proc::Killall 3pm 2024-03-07 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
killall \- Kill all instances of a process by pattern matching the command\-line
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&        use Proc::Killall;
\&
\&        killall(\*(AqHUP\*(Aq, \*(Aqxterm\*(Aq); # SIGHUP all xterms
\&        killall(\*(AqKILL\*(Aq, \*(Aq^netscape$\*(Aq); # SIGKILL to "netscape"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This module provides one function, \f(CWkillall()\fR, which takes two parameters:
a signal name or number (see \f(CWkill()\fR) and a process pattern. This pattern
is matched against the process' command-line as the \f(CW\*(C`ps\*(C'\fR command would
show it (\f(CW\*(C`ps\*(C'\fR is not used internally, instead a package called
\&\f(CW\*(C`Proc::ProcessTable\*(C'\fR is used).
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`killall\*(C'\fR searches the process table and sends that signal to all processes
which match the pattern. The return value is the number of processes that
were successfully signaled. If any kills failed, the \f(CW$!\fR variable
will be set based on that last one that failed (even if a successful kill
happened afterward).
.SH AUTHOR
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Written in 2000 by Aaron Sherman <ajs@ajs.com>
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`Proc::Killall\*(C'\fR is copyright 2000 by Aaron Sherman, and may be
distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH PREREQUISITES
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\&\f(CW\*(C`Proc::ProcessTable\*(C'\fR is required for \f(CW\*(C`Proc::Killall\*(C'\fR to function.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
perl, perlfunc, perlvar, Proc::ProcessTable