Kill processes that usually run in the background even after exiting (This script was initially targeted at the notorious viber :-) )

super_kill.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Kill processes that don't usually run in the background even after exiting
# (This script was initially targeted at the notorious viber :-) )
#nelson kigen<[email protected]>

SUDO_ACCESS="" #Optionally put your sudo pwd here

no_param(){
case "$1" in
	"")
		echo $2 && return 1;;
esac
}

kill_target(){
no_param $APP_NAME "No kill target supplied" 
_PID=$(ps -ax | grep ${APP_NAME} | awk -F" " '{print $1}')
no_param $APP_NAME "" 

case "$SUDO_ACCESS" in
	"")
		sudo kill -9 $_PID && return 1
esac

echo ${SUDO_ACCESS} | sudo -S kill -9 _PID
}


main(){
export APP_NAME='$1'
kill_target
}

main $1