How to kill a process in Linux?

To kill a process in Linux, you can use the kill command followed by the process ID (PID) of the process you want to kill. For example:

kill 1234

This will send a termination signal to the process with PID 1234.

To find the PID of a process, you can use the ps command with the aux options. For example:

ps aux

This will list all processes running on the system, along with their PIDs, usernames, and other information.

If the process does not respond to the termination signal, you can use the kill command with the -9 option, which sends a kill signal to the process. For example:

kill -9 1234

This will forcibly terminate the process with PID 1234.

Keep in mind that killing a process can cause data loss or corruption, so use this command with caution.

For more information, you can consult the kill and ps man pages by running man kill and man ps on the command line.