I'd recommend pkill.  It seems to behave well on most unix OSes.

On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 13:27, Jeff Frost wrote:
> Andrew makes an excellent point!
> 
> Solaris and HPUX killall kills _ALL_ processes while Linux/IRIX killall only 
> kills all instances of the specified process.
> This is a trap many linux users fall into while working with other OSes.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs at crankycanuck.ca>
> 
> > . . .if someone is naturally pulling out the -9
> > cannon-cum-flamethrower, it's worth pointing out that "killall" is
> > different on Linux than some other systems, and you'd _better be
> > sure_ what system you're using before you go using that command.
> > Remember: man pages are your friend. 
> 
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