Terminating processes on Unix systems is not quite an art, but there are sure a lot more options for how to select and terminate Unix processes than there are ways to skin a cat. In this post, we take ...

In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating computer graphics. Even if you're not a system ...

Some CSIL Unix users experience either very slow response time from their system or applications that simply stop responding to user input. Slow response time from the system can be an indication of ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

I want to create a shell script that can kill a process without having knowledge of the PID.<BR><BR>This is what I do now:<BR><BR>%: top<BR> (find process w/PID)<BR>%: q<BR>%: kill -1 PID<BR><BR><BR>I ...