How to get a specific PID #

rikona rikona at sonic.net
Thu Dec 31 22:20:07 UTC 2015


Hello Keith,

Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 9:13:41 PM, Keith wrote:



> On 12/30/2015 07:07 PM, rikona wrote:
>> Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 9:02:30 PM, Keith wrote:
>> 
>>> On 12/29/2015 02:43 PM, rikona wrote:
>>>> Running 12.04 updated. I often have several instances of Kate open in
>>>> various desktops, and occasionally one of them becomes unresponsive,
>>>> but could be closed without losing something important. [Can move
>>>> window, no menus come up, no keys seem to do anything, can't close]
>>>> How can I find out which PID # is associated with a particular
>>>> instance of Kate [or any other pgm] on a particular desktop, so I can
>>>> close just THAT instance? I can see them all in htop, but which is
>>>> which?
>> 
>>> You can use the command: xkill
>>> to kill any window on the desktop. It is in the X11-UTILS package.
>>> Using ALT-F2 key combination you run it then an 'X' mouse pointer will
>>> appear on the desktop. You press the Left mouse button in the window you
>>> want to kill.
>> 
>> Thanks! Does this work at a 'window' level? I ask because I can still
>> move the window, but can do nothing inside the window.
>> 
>> The kate window may be running multiple PIDs in a parent/child
>> way. If I do kill the 'parent' kate PID, would that also kill the
>> children kate PIDs? If it would, is there a way to keep AND access the
>> children, and just kill the parent?
>> 

> Yes this works at the window level. All instances of kate that are
> running will be killed when you use xkill so save your work in other
> windows first.

Thanks for the reply! Just to make sure I understand: Lets say I have
3 kate windows open, each one with 4 tabs. This would give me 12 PIDs,
in 3 groups of 4 in htop in tree mode. Now if I use xkill on ONE
window, does this stop the 4 PIDs in that window or all 12 PIDs for
all the kates? If all 12 are stopped, I would think of this at a
'system' level rather than a 'window' level. Just trying to
understand...

In any case, I'd save everything I can before trying anything. :-))

-- 

 rikona        





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