Module: Process

Defined in:
lib/nub/process.rb

Overview

Monkey patch Process with some useful methods

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.killall(term) ⇒ Object

Kill the process found with the given search term

Parameters:

  • term (String) —

    search term to use to find the pid



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# File 'lib/nub/process.rb', line 38

def self.killall(term)
  pid = pidof(term)
  Process.kill("KILL", pid) if pid
end

.pidof(term) ⇒ Object

Get the pid of the process found with the given search term

Parameters:

  • term (String) —

    search term to use to find the pid



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# File 'lib/nub/process.rb', line 27

def self.pidof(term)
  pid = nil

  str = `ps -ef | grep "[#{term[0]}]#{term[1..-1]}"`
  pid = str.split()[1].to_i if !str.empty?

  return pid
end