🐧 How to manage processes in LinuxKnowing when and how to stop running processes is an essential skill for sysadmins. When a process becomes stuck, it often only takes a gentle nudge to restart or stop it.
At times, a process might consume all the system resources. In both cases, you need a command that lets you manage processes efficiently.
The Linux operating system includes several commands for terminating errant processes (rogue processes), such as
pkill,
kill, and
killall.