killing a process (again), ports
Thufir
hawat.thufir at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 23:18:44 UTC 2009
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:04:43 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Thufir wrote:
>> thufir at arrakis:~$ sudo kill 5088 -9
>> kill: No such process
>
> There is no process -9. I suppose you meant:
>
> sudo kill -9 5088
>
>
> Nils
Are you sure it matters?
thufir at arrakis:~$
thufir at arrakis:~$ ps -ae | grep fire
5461 ? 00:00:04 firefox
thufir at arrakis:~$
thufir at arrakis:~$ kill 5461 -9
bash: kill: (-9) - No such process
thufir at arrakis:~$
thufir at arrakis:~$ ps -ae | grep fire
thufir at arrakis:~$
Generally, I think you can put the switches before or after the argument
(if I'm using the correct terminology). At least, I generally find that
I can move them around.
I think that the process which I was describing is somehow "different"
than a normal process.
-Thufir
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