Kill Process by Name using the `psutil` module in Python

kill_process.py

import traceback

import psutil


def kill(process_name):
    """Kill Running Process by using it's name
    - Generate list of processes currently running
    - Iterate through each process
        - Check if process name or cmdline matches the input process_name
        - Kill if match is found

    Parameters
    ----------
    process_name: str
        Name of the process to kill (ex: HD-Player.exe)

    Returns
    -------
    None
    """
    try:
        print(f'Killing processes {process_name}')
        processes = psutil.process_iter()
        for process in processes:
            try:
                print(f'Process: {process}')
                print(f'id: {process.pid}')
                print(f'name: {process.name()}')
                print(f'cmdline: {process.cmdline()}')
                if process_name == process.name() or process_name in process.cmdline():
                    print(f'found {process.name()} | {process.cmdline()}')
                    process.terminate()
            except Exception:
                print(f"{traceback.format_exc()}")

    except Exception:
        print(f"{traceback.format_exc()}")