Kill any process by name or part of it, and kill it now!

killitnow.py

#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import sys
import os
import psutil


def find_process(tokill):
    res = []
    for proc in psutil.process_iter():
        cmdline = hasattr(proc.cmdline, '__call__') \
            and proc.cmdline() or proc.cmdline
        cmdline = ' '.join(cmdline).lower()
        if __file__ in cmdline:
            continue
        if proc.name == tokill or tokill in cmdline:
            res.append(proc)
    return res

try:
    tokill = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
    print 'USAGE: $ killitnow.py <process_name>'
    sys.exit(0)

procs = find_process(tokill)
for proc in procs:
    os.system('kill -9 %s' % proc.pid)
    print 'killed', tokill, 'having pid', proc.pid, 'cmdline', ' '.join(proc.cmdline)
if not procs:
    print 'cannot find any process like %s' % tokill