1Proc::Killall(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Proc::Killall(3)
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6 killall - Kill all instances of a process by pattern matching the
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10 use Proc::Killall;
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12 killall('HUP', 'xterm'); # SIGHUP all xterms
13 killall('KILL', '^netscape$'); # SIGKILL to "netscape"
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16 This module provides one function, "killall()", which takes two
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22 "killall" searches the process table and sends that signal to all
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29 Written in 2000 by Aaron Sherman <ajs@ajs.com>
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31 "Proc::Killall" is copyright 2000 by Aaron Sherman, and may be
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35 "Proc::ProcessTable" is required for "Proc::Killall" to function.
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38 perl, perlfunc, perlvar, Proc::ProcessTable
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42perl v5.32.0 2020-07-28 Proc::Killall(3)