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I want to close certain applications on my Mac using Terminal. For example, how do I kill “Slack”? Do I need its PID number?
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I want to close certain applications on my Mac using Terminal. For example, how do I kill “Slack”? Do I need its PID number?
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killall Slackworks, I just tested...
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I want to close certain applications on my Mac using Terminal. For example, how do I kill “Slack”? Do I need its PID number?
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edited 8 hours ago
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I want to close certain applications on my Mac using Terminal. For example, how do I kill “Slack”? Do I need its PID number?
terminal mac
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edited 8 hours ago
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JBallin
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killall Slackworks, I just tested...
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killall Slackworks, I just tested...
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killall Slack works, I just tested...– Wowfunhappy
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No, you do not need to know its PID.
You can use:
pkill Slack
Or:
killall Slack
Note: Be sure to read the manual page for whichever command you choose to use, in order to see the various options available to the command, as may be relevant to is particular usage. In Terminal type e.g. man pkill and press enter, or just type the command and right-click on it, then select: Open man Page
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You can install htop then click on the Slack process line and type k9
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I'm not sure for Slack, but some Applications will run multiple Processes and you may want to kill just one (I find I often need to do this with iTunes, for example). In that case, you can run
ps -e | grep -i slack
To find all Processes with case-insensitive "slack" in the name. The output should look like (without the header):
PID TTY TIME CMD
649 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
That first column will be your PID. You can then use that to kill specifically that process:
kill -9 649
Replacing 649 with your PID you found from calling ps.
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Since I don't yet have the reputation to comment, I'm saying this as a separate answer. pkill without any flags does not match a specific process! For example, running pkill foo would target processes named foo, but would also target processes named foobar. This is because it uses regular expressions.
If you wish to kill a specific process, you can pass it the -x flag. For example, pkill -x foo. This will use exact names instead of regular expressions.
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No, you do not need to know its PID.
You can use:
pkill Slack
Or:
killall Slack
Note: Be sure to read the manual page for whichever command you choose to use, in order to see the various options available to the command, as may be relevant to is particular usage. In Terminal type e.g. man pkill and press enter, or just type the command and right-click on it, then select: Open man Page
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No, you do not need to know its PID.
You can use:
pkill Slack
Or:
killall Slack
Note: Be sure to read the manual page for whichever command you choose to use, in order to see the various options available to the command, as may be relevant to is particular usage. In Terminal type e.g. man pkill and press enter, or just type the command and right-click on it, then select: Open man Page
answered 9 hours ago
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No, you do not need to know its PID.
You can use:
pkill Slack
Or:
killall Slack
Note: Be sure to read the manual page for whichever command you choose to use, in order to see the various options available to the command, as may be relevant to is particular usage. In Terminal type e.g. man pkill and press enter, or just type the command and right-click on it, then select: Open man Page
answered 9 hours ago
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No, you do not need to know its PID.
You can use:
pkill Slack
Or:
killall Slack
Note: Be sure to read the manual page for whichever command you choose to use, in order to see the various options available to the command, as may be relevant to is particular usage. In Terminal type e.g. man pkill and press enter, or just type the command and right-click on it, then select: Open man Page
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You can install htop then click on the Slack process line and type k9
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I'm not sure for Slack, but some Applications will run multiple Processes and you may want to kill just one (I find I often need to do this with iTunes, for example). In that case, you can run
ps -e | grep -i slack
To find all Processes with case-insensitive "slack" in the name. The output should look like (without the header):
PID TTY TIME CMD
649 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
That first column will be your PID. You can then use that to kill specifically that process:
kill -9 649
Replacing 649 with your PID you found from calling ps.
answered 5 hours ago
scohe001scohe001
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I'm not sure for Slack, but some Applications will run multiple Processes and you may want to kill just one (I find I often need to do this with iTunes, for example). In that case, you can run
ps -e | grep -i slack
To find all Processes with case-insensitive "slack" in the name. The output should look like (without the header):
PID TTY TIME CMD
649 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
That first column will be your PID. You can then use that to kill specifically that process:
kill -9 649
Replacing 649 with your PID you found from calling ps.
answered 5 hours ago
scohe001scohe001
29639
add a comment |
I'm not sure for Slack, but some Applications will run multiple Processes and you may want to kill just one (I find I often need to do this with iTunes, for example). In that case, you can run
ps -e | grep -i slack
To find all Processes with case-insensitive "slack" in the name. The output should look like (without the header):
PID TTY TIME CMD
649 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
That first column will be your PID. You can then use that to kill specifically that process:
kill -9 649
Replacing 649 with your PID you found from calling ps.
answered 5 hours ago
scohe001scohe001
29639
I'm not sure for Slack, but some Applications will run multiple Processes and you may want to kill just one (I find I often need to do this with iTunes, for example). In that case, you can run
ps -e | grep -i slack
To find all Processes with case-insensitive "slack" in the name. The output should look like (without the header):
PID TTY TIME CMD
649 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
That first column will be your PID. You can then use that to kill specifically that process:
kill -9 649
Replacing 649 with your PID you found from calling ps.
answered 5 hours ago
scohe001scohe001
29639
answered 5 hours ago
scohe001scohe001
29639
answered 5 hours ago
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Since I don't yet have the reputation to comment, I'm saying this as a separate answer. pkill without any flags does not match a specific process! For example, running pkill foo would target processes named foo, but would also target processes named foobar. This is because it uses regular expressions.
If you wish to kill a specific process, you can pass it the -x flag. For example, pkill -x foo. This will use exact names instead of regular expressions.
answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
132
add a comment |
Since I don't yet have the reputation to comment, I'm saying this as a separate answer. pkill without any flags does not match a specific process! For example, running pkill foo would target processes named foo, but would also target processes named foobar. This is because it uses regular expressions.
If you wish to kill a specific process, you can pass it the -x flag. For example, pkill -x foo. This will use exact names instead of regular expressions.
answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
132
add a comment |
Since I don't yet have the reputation to comment, I'm saying this as a separate answer. pkill without any flags does not match a specific process! For example, running pkill foo would target processes named foo, but would also target processes named foobar. This is because it uses regular expressions.
If you wish to kill a specific process, you can pass it the -x flag. For example, pkill -x foo. This will use exact names instead of regular expressions.
answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
132
Since I don't yet have the reputation to comment, I'm saying this as a separate answer. pkill without any flags does not match a specific process! For example, running pkill foo would target processes named foo, but would also target processes named foobar. This is because it uses regular expressions.
If you wish to kill a specific process, you can pass it the -x flag. For example, pkill -x foo. This will use exact names instead of regular expressions.
answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
132
answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
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answered 2 hours ago
user321134user321134
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answered 2 hours ago
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