linux script to kill java process

linux bash kill-process
d-man picture d-man · Dec 4, 2012 · Viewed 178.1k times · Source

I want linux script to kill java program running on console.

Following is the process running as jar.

[rapp@s1-dlap0 ~]$ ps -ef |grep java
rapp    9473    1  0 15:03 pts/1    00:00:15 java -jar wskInterface-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
rapp   10177  8995  0 16:00 pts/1    00:00:00 grep java
[rapp@s1-dlap0 ~]$

Answer

anubhava picture anubhava · Dec 4, 2012

You can simply use pkill -f like this:

pkill -f 'java -jar'

EDIT: To kill a particular java process running your specific jar use this regex based pkill command:

pkill -f 'java.*lnwskInterface'

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