Kill by bash id instead of PID

Question

Can you kill the process int he bash script without knowing the PID, and only knowing the bash job ID (obtained with jobs for example)?

jobs
[1]+  Stopped                 python

I can have multiple python executables running, so killall python is not an option.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '17 at 08:42

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As far as I know, kill only works for PIDs. What I would recommend you is to keep the PID after running your script:

./some_script &
script_PID=$!

After that you can use killas usual.

answered Jun 15 '17 at 08:42

elcortegano

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See: [You can kill by job number](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1624730/3776858). – Cyrus Jun 15 '17 at 08:51
Interesting, thank you very much – elcortegano Jun 15 '17 at 08:57

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