Kill all processes that match a name

Killing all processes that match a certain substring or name is easy using pkill.

Killing all processes using pkill

pkill is a native Linux tool that provides command line access for killing or reloading processes.

To kill all processes that match a pattern:

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pkill -f firefox

If pkill is not successful, trying adding the -9 flag.

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pkill -9 -f firefox