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pidof

Gets the ID of a process using its name. More information: https://manned.org/pidof.

• List all process IDs with given name:
   
  pidof {{bash}}
   
• List a single process ID with given name:
   
  pidof -s {{bash}}
   
• List process IDs including scripts with given name:
   
  pidof -x {{script.py}}
   
• Kill all processes with given name:
   
  kill $(pidof {{name}})