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fkill-cli
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Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

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fkill


Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Install

npm install --global fkill-cli

Usage

$ fkill --help

Usage $ fkill [<pid|name|:port> โ€ฆ]

Options --force, -f Force kill --verbose, -v Show process arguments --silent, -s Silently kill and always exit with code 0 --force-timeout <N>, -t <N> Force kill processes which didn't exit after N seconds --smart-case Case-insensitive unless pattern contains uppercase --case-sensitive Force case-sensitive matching

Examples $ fkill 1337 $ fkill safari $ fkill :8080 $ fkill 1337 safari :8080 $ fkill

To kill a port, prefix it with a colon. For example: :8080.

Run without arguments to use the interactive interface. In interactive mode, ๐Ÿšฆn% indicates high CPU usage and ๐Ÿn% indicates high memory usage. Supports fuzzy search in the interactive mode.

The process name is case-insensitive by default.

Interactive UI

Run fkill without arguments to launch the interactive UI.

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