This article spotlights alternative tools to kill.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to kill | |
|---|---|
| fkill | Kill processes quick and easy |
| gkill | Interactive process killer written in Go |
| epkill | procps utilities with environment constraints |
| pkill | Kills a given program name |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to kill? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| bc // cat // cd // cloc // cp // cut // df // diff // dig // du // find // grep // history // kill // locate // ls // lsof // man // more // mv / ping // rm // sed // split // sudo // sysctl // tar // top // traceroute // tree // watch // whois |
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