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Re: [Sheflug] firefox

on 2008/11/18, Chris Warburton <chriswarbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The latest version of firefox is really messed up in that it runs a
> few processes in the background. I use the command "ps ax | grep
> firefox" to find the process ID (the number column on the left) of
> anything firefox-related which is still running, then "kill PROCESSID"
> to kill each process (replacing PROCESSID with the number). Also try
> running it with "grep xul" as well.

Or, if you don't fancy typing in a string of PIDs:

     ps ax | grep agetty | cut -c-6 | xargs echo kill

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