Check if a process is running and kill it =========================================== vi sleep600 #!/bin/bash sleep 600 ----------------------------------------------------------- Run commands ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" | grep -v grep ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I{} echo {} ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I{} kill {} ----------------------------------------------------------- Create a script #!/bin/bash ps -ef | grep "sleep 600" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I{} kill {} echo All sleeping processes are killed