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| def kill_by_name(name): | |
| "Kills a process by name (or any unique string). The name is a string from the command line (so be caraful of multiple occurrences)" | |
| cmd = "ps aux | grep '%s' | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill" % name | |
| with settings(hide('stdout'), warn_only=True): | |
| sudo(cmd) |
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In some more modern linux installs, may want to try pkill or pkill -f for a simpler way of accomplishing this