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Hi i am using prep to get the process id and then pipe it to kill but this is not working. Whats wrong with my syntax. Please explain e.g. pgrep ...
  1. 04-12-2011 #1
    kaaliakahn
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    [SOLVED] why piping does not work

    Hi i am using prep to get the process id and then pipe it to kill but this is not working. Whats wrong with my syntax. Please explain

    e.g.

    pgrep gedit | kill -9
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    Pipe it to xargs
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    Could you please type it up?

    Thanks
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    pgrep gedit | xargs kill -9
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    Thanks a lot hunter_thom and Irithori. I also figured it out.

    So nice of you guys
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