if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo "Usage: killall9 NAME" exit fi PIDSTT=$(eval "ps x | grep $1 | awk '{print \$1}'") for PID in $PIDSTT; do if (ps -p $PID | grep $PID) &>/dev/null; then if kill -9 $PID; then echo "Killed $PID" else echo "could not kill $PID" fi fi done