Linux One Liner to Kill Multiple Process

Here is the linux one liner to kill multiple process using grep,awk:


ps -aef | grep < process name > |grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}' |xargs kill -9 $2


Here is an example to kill oracle sql client connections via command line:

ps -aef | grep LOCAL=NO|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}' |xargs kill -9 $2