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Here’s what you do:
- Use the ps command to get the process id (PID) of the process you want to terminate.
- Issue a kill command for that PID.
- If the process refuses to terminate (i.e., it is ignoring the signal), send increasingly harsh signals until it does terminate.
How do I kill a process in Ubuntu?
How to Easily Kill an Unresponsive Application in Ubuntu
- Right click on it and select “Kill Process”.
- Enter “ xkill ” for both the name and command.
- Click the “Disabled” field to assign a keyboard shortcut (say “Ctrl + alt + k”) to this command.
- Now, whenever an become unresponsive, you can just press the shortcut key “ctrl + alt + k” and your cursor will become a “X”.
How do I cancel a job in Unix?
To cancel a background job, use the kill command. To be able to kill a process, you must own it. (The superuser, however, can kill any process except init.) Before you can cancel a background job, you need to know either a PID, job identifier, or PGID.
