Kill second instance of a process
I'm running two instances of omxiv (Omx Image Viewer). The first instance acts like a background image, and the second instance acts as a slideshow. My question is how can I specifically kill the second instance?
Small note: The second instance will always be opened after the first instance.
I was thinking about killing it by pid, but I am not sure if it will have the same pid after the reboot, therefore this might not work.
Right now I am calling:
pkill -9 omxiv
which is terminating both instances.
debian ubuntu process raspbian
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
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I'm running two instances of omxiv (Omx Image Viewer). The first instance acts like a background image, and the second instance acts as a slideshow. My question is how can I specifically kill the second instance?
Small note: The second instance will always be opened after the first instance.
I was thinking about killing it by pid, but I am not sure if it will have the same pid after the reboot, therefore this might not work.
Right now I am calling:
pkill -9 omxiv
which is terminating both instances.
debian ubuntu process raspbian
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
add a comment |
I'm running two instances of omxiv (Omx Image Viewer). The first instance acts like a background image, and the second instance acts as a slideshow. My question is how can I specifically kill the second instance?
Small note: The second instance will always be opened after the first instance.
I was thinking about killing it by pid, but I am not sure if it will have the same pid after the reboot, therefore this might not work.
Right now I am calling:
pkill -9 omxiv
which is terminating both instances.
debian ubuntu process raspbian
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
I'm running two instances of omxiv (Omx Image Viewer). The first instance acts like a background image, and the second instance acts as a slideshow. My question is how can I specifically kill the second instance?
Small note: The second instance will always be opened after the first instance.
I was thinking about killing it by pid, but I am not sure if it will have the same pid after the reboot, therefore this might not work.
Right now I am calling:
pkill -9 omxiv
which is terminating both instances.
debian ubuntu process raspbian
debian ubuntu process raspbian
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
asked Jan 13 at 11:22
DinoDino
1183
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pkill has a -n flag that will make it only affect the most recently started ("newest") matching process.
pkill -n omxiv
If the omxiv process is well behaved, there is no need to use -9.
There is also a -o flag that will make pkill send a signal to the oldest matching process.
Note that using pkill -n will always kill the newest instance. If you have three processes, it will kill the third, not the second (as per title of question).
answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
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That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
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@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSDpkillhas some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example-qto be quiet.
– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
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pkill has a -n flag that will make it only affect the most recently started ("newest") matching process.
pkill -n omxiv
If the omxiv process is well behaved, there is no need to use -9.
There is also a -o flag that will make pkill send a signal to the oldest matching process.
Note that using pkill -n will always kill the newest instance. If you have three processes, it will kill the third, not the second (as per title of question).
answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
125k16236389
That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
1
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSDpkillhas some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example-qto be quiet.
– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
add a comment |
pkill has a -n flag that will make it only affect the most recently started ("newest") matching process.
pkill -n omxiv
If the omxiv process is well behaved, there is no need to use -9.
There is also a -o flag that will make pkill send a signal to the oldest matching process.
Note that using pkill -n will always kill the newest instance. If you have three processes, it will kill the third, not the second (as per title of question).
answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
125k16236389
That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
1
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSDpkillhas some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example-qto be quiet.
– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
add a comment |
pkill has a -n flag that will make it only affect the most recently started ("newest") matching process.
pkill -n omxiv
If the omxiv process is well behaved, there is no need to use -9.
There is also a -o flag that will make pkill send a signal to the oldest matching process.
Note that using pkill -n will always kill the newest instance. If you have three processes, it will kill the third, not the second (as per title of question).
answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
125k16236389
pkill has a -n flag that will make it only affect the most recently started ("newest") matching process.
pkill -n omxiv
If the omxiv process is well behaved, there is no need to use -9.
There is also a -o flag that will make pkill send a signal to the oldest matching process.
Note that using pkill -n will always kill the newest instance. If you have three processes, it will kill the third, not the second (as per title of question).
answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
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answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
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answered Jan 13 at 11:27
KusalanandaKusalananda
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answered Jan 13 at 11:27
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That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
1
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSDpkillhas some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example-qto be quiet.
– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
add a comment |
That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
1
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSDpkillhas some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example-qto be quiet.
– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
That's exactly what I needed, it works great. Thanks for explanation
– Dino
Jan 13 at 11:30
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
According to the man page, this also works on Debian and Ubuntu.
– kasperd
Jan 13 at 19:52
1
1
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSD
pkill has some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example -q to be quiet.– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
@kasperd I was a bit careful, because OpenBSD
pkill has some options not implemented on Linux systems, for example -q to be quiet.– Kusalananda
Jan 13 at 20:29
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