The killall and pkill commands are used to terminate processes in Linux by their name rather than by their Process ID (PID).
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killall: This command kills all processes that match the exact name provided. It requires an exact match of the process name.Example:
killall nginx -
pkill: This command allows for more flexible pattern matching, meaning you can use partial names or regular expressions to match processes.Example:
pkill firefox
Both commands may require root privileges (using sudo) for system processes. They are particularly useful for managing multiple instances of the same program efficiently.
