summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/python/psutil/examples/killall.py
blob: b548e7bc573cd99b00a558d783739bb4f5dbdaf3 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
#!/usr/bin/env python

# Copyright (c) 2009, Giampaolo Rodola'. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.

"""
Kill a process by name.
"""

import os
import sys
import psutil


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        sys.exit('usage: %s name' % __file__)
    else:
        NAME = sys.argv[1]

    killed = []
    for proc in psutil.process_iter():
        if proc.name() == NAME and proc.pid != os.getpid():
            proc.kill()
            killed.append(proc.pid)
    if not killed:
        sys.exit('%s: no process found' % NAME)
    else:
        sys.exit(0)

sys.exit(main())