Delete all SYSTEM V shared memory and semaphores on UNIX-like systems

Question

How can I delete all not used semaphores and shared memory with a single command on a UNIX-like system, e.g., Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Here, save and try this script (kill_ipcs.sh) on your shell:

#!/bin/bash

ME=`whoami`

IPCS_S=`ipcs -s | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $ME | cut -f2 -d" "`
IPCS_M=`ipcs -m | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $ME | cut -f2 -d" "`
IPCS_Q=`ipcs -q | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $ME | cut -f2 -d" "`


for id in $IPCS_M; do
  ipcrm -m $id;
done

for id in $IPCS_S; do
  ipcrm -s $id;
done

for id in $IPCS_Q; do
  ipcrm -q $id;
done

We use it whenever we run IPCS programs in the university student server. Some people don't always cleanup so...it's needed :P