mullin wrote:
> Let's say that  have a program that will be run more than one instance
> on Solaris, how can I use "kill" command to delete them all if I'm
> using bash shell.
>
> If I run this command:
> /usr/ucb/ps -auxwww | grep app_name | cut -f1-3 -d ' '
>
> it will return something like this:
> userA: 12345
> userA: 12340
>
> where userA is the userid running the program and 2nd one is the PID.
>
> But, how can I write the sh script to kill them all?

The simplest way to modify what you've written is to do this:

/usr/ucb/ps -auxwww | grep app_name | cut -f2 -d' ' | xargs kill

However, I would avoid using /usr/ucb/ps and instead use a ps that
allows you to format the output.  Then you can include (and search on)
only the fields you really want.  For example:

ps -e -o pid,args | awk '/app_name/ { print $1 }' | xargs kill

- Logan

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