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If I open a program that I doesn't have a 'close' button (Nautilus desktop, gnome-panel, etc), is there a way to create a launcher or terminal command that would close ...
  1. 09-21-2009 #1
    calebt3
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    [SOLVED] Kill programs by name instead of PID?

    If I open a program that I doesn't have a 'close' button (Nautilus desktop, gnome-panel, etc), is there a way to create a launcher or terminal command that would close that program for me instead of me having to us ps and kill?
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    You can use xkill to kill any program. Press Alt+F2 and type xkill. Make sure to click at correct location. If you click on Panel, Panel will be killed.
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    killall

    or sometime "killall <program name>" will also help ..
    (it will kill all the programs with that name.)

    e.g: killall gnome-panel
    it will kill gnome-panel
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