Im trying to kill /bin/bash but when I do
ps aux | grep "/bin/bash"
and I kill the pid associated with it, it gaves me an error.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Also can you tell me what's the result of killing it.
1 Answer
The process listed here is the grep command, not the bash process. The grep process finishes running when the output is produced. Thus you get a error message stating that there's no such process when you try to kill it!
ps aux does not include the path in the output, and you search for the complete path - and find nothing.
To find bash processes run
ps aux | grep bash
Then you can kill the desired bash process.
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Because you're not trying to! You are running
kill 2236- which was the pid of the grep that was looking trough the text for you!– vidarloApr 27, 2018 at 15:18 -
I tried sending the signal 15 with kill and it don't do nothing.Know why? Apr 27, 2018 at 15:27
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Please read my answer again. Then read what you see on screen yourself. Run
ps aux | grep 'bashand compare it to the the output of `ps aux | grep '/bin/bash'. Do you notice a difference?– vidarloApr 27, 2018 at 15:28 -
One shows only the /bin/bash while the other shows both of them bash and /bin/bash Apr 27, 2018 at 15:31
ps -auxoutput is missing plus your kill command. Please include all output.