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killall vim
What if SIGTERM not enough? Kill nine times. Like this:
killall -9 vim
. Congratulations, comrade, you have passed KGB exam.Hmm never thought of it like that. Unix programs are actually cats, and sometimes you have to kill all nine of their lives to really end them.
Yes, one of them literally have name cat, so you can kill all the cats with
killall -9 cat
You monster, I prefer denial