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How to kill all processes with the same name on macOS Terminal

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Use `pkill`

pkill -f <process_name>

Use `killall`

killall <process_name>

Use `ps aux` and `kill`

ps aux | grep <process_name> | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
kill $(ps aux | grep <process_name> | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')

Reference

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22334761/osx-terminal-how-to-kill-all-processes-with-the-same-name

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