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pueue kill — Kill running tasks or whole groups. More information: <https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue#how-to-use-i

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Problem

How to use the pueue kill command: Kill running tasks or whole groups. More information: <https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue#how-to-use-it>.

Solution

pueue kill — Kill running tasks or whole groups. More information: <https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue#how-to-use-it>.

Kill all tasks in the default group:

pueue kill

Kill a specific task:

pueue kill {{task_id}}

Kill a task and terminate all its child processes:

pueue kill --children {{task_id}}

Kill all tasks in a group and pause the group:

pueue kill {{[-g|--group]}} {{group_name}}

Kill all tasks across all groups and pause all groups:

pueue kill {{[-a|--all]}}

Code Snippets

Kill all tasks in the default group

pueue kill

Kill a specific task

pueue kill {{task_id}}

Kill a task and terminate all its child processes

pueue kill --children {{task_id}}

Kill all tasks in a group and pause the group

pueue kill {{[-g|--group]}} {{group_name}}

Kill all tasks across all groups and pause all groups

pueue kill {{[-a|--all]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pueue kill

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