terminate an application

taskKill.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Termainate an application on windows
#

from subprocess import run, CalledProcessError

def taskCheck(name):
    cmd = "tasklist | findstr %s" % name
    try:
        run(cmd, shell=True, check=True)
    except CalledProcessError:
        return False
    return True
    
def taskKill(name):
    cmd = "taskkill /F /IM %s /T > nul" % name
    try:
        run(cmd, shell=True, check=True)
    except CalledProcessError:
        return False
    return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    name = "edge.exe"
    if taskCheck(name):
        if taskKill(name):
            print("Successfully terminate %s." % name)