kjbrum · August 11, 2015 04:34 · Aug 11, 2015
diff --git a/search-and-kill.sh b/search-and-kill.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "You need to supply a search string..."
+else
+    processes=$(ps aux | grep $1 -i | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | xargs)
+    echo "Processes: "$processes
+    while true; do
+        read -ep "Are you sure you want kill all '$1' processes? [y/N] " yesno
+        case $yesno in
+            [Yy]* )
+                echo 'Killing processes...'
+                for i in $processes; do kill $i; done
+                echo "Processes Killed: " $processes
+                break;;
+            * )
+                echo "Skipped killing processes..."
+                break;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi