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nadermx
Asked: 2021-02-16 13:09:22 +0800 CST

Kill all process by name running over one hour via terminal

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I'm currently tying to kill all the process with the name /ebook-convert/ in them that are running over an hour.

When I try this command, I get that the process don't exist.

kill $(ps -eo pid,etimes,args | awk '/ebook-convert/ { if ($2 > 3600) print $2 }')

I'm unsure if either my awk is wrong or if the regex to find the ebook-convert command is wrong.

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  1. Best Answer

    I figured it out, on my print column print $2, I was printing the time, not the process id, so by changing that to print $1 it works. ie,

    kill $(ps -eo pid,etimes,args | awk '/ebook-convert/ { if ($2 > 3600) print $1 }')
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