[namenotfound]

How do you "end process" in Ubuntu?

On Windows it's ctrl+alt+delete to bring up the task manager, and do it from there. But how do you do it in Ubuntu Linux?

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by namenotfound

How do you "end process" in Ubuntu?

On Windows it's ctrl+alt+delete to bring up the task manager, and do it from there. But how do you do it in Ubuntu Linux?

Hi namenotfound,

You use two commands, the first to find out the process id (aka pid), and the second to kill the process, for example:

$ ps -x
yields a list with pids in the first column, and commands in the fifth column, i.e. the process instantiated to run the command.

$ kill -9 <pid>
as in:
$ kill -9 9056
which assumes that process 9056 is associated with the command of interest to be ended.

Replace the process id, pid, of the command to kill the process running the command.

-- Tom

[namenotfound]

Thanks