kill -9 $$
Kills the hosting terminal without allowing it to perform shutdown sequence (like updating history file)
Bash: Close a range of open sockets by killing the PIDs that are holding them open
Sometimes you want to use a specific port number but some other process(es) is using it. To get the control of the port you need to terminate all other processes and free it. To find out which process(es) you need to kill, use lsof -i :port. It will return a…
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Kill all processes of a user (Or kill almost all using an exception list) in linux
Following is a command a root can use to stop all active threads of a user with an exception list (you can replace someApplication) with specific commands you wish to keep alive. ps -U useraccount | egrep -v "someApplication|someCommand" | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -t kill; In this command,…
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How to empty the gnome tracker3 cache?
To empty the cache of gnome tracker3, you can follow the steps below: Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T. Type the following command to stop the tracker daemon: tracker3 daemon -t; Type the following command to clear the tracker database: tracker reset --filesystem; This command…
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