How to terminate ping &
The command
ping <dest> &
causes ping to go to the background. It still prints output to the terminal, however. Ctrl-C does not stop it, only introduces a new prompt. How to stop it from the terminal?
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The command
ping <dest> &
causes ping to go to the background. It still prints output to the terminal, however. Ctrl-C does not stop it, only introduces a new prompt. How to stop it from the terminal?
command-line
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In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limitping's iterations with a count —-c N— where N is a positive number.
– l0b0
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
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The command
ping <dest> &
causes ping to go to the background. It still prints output to the terminal, however. Ctrl-C does not stop it, only introduces a new prompt. How to stop it from the terminal?
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The command
ping <dest> &
causes ping to go to the background. It still prints output to the terminal, however. Ctrl-C does not stop it, only introduces a new prompt. How to stop it from the terminal?
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In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limitping's iterations with a count —-c N— where N is a positive number.
– l0b0
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
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In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limitping's iterations with a count —-c N— where N is a positive number.
– l0b0
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limit
ping's iterations with a count — -c N — where N is a positive number.– l0b0
yesterday
In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limit
ping's iterations with a count — -c N — where N is a positive number.– l0b0
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
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First enter fg into same terminal that your ping command is running (it brings the process into the foreground), then press Ctrl+c to stop the process.
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can usejobsto get a list of process that are running in background.
– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
add a comment |
If it is your one and only background job you can kill it with kill %1. If not sure you can list all your background jobs with jobs and use kill %<n> where you replace n by the number of your ping job.
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
add a comment |
Launch a new tab of terminal, run:
$ pgrep ping
2564
Then kill the pid using kill command:
$ kill 2564
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
When you usepgrepto search processes by name, you can also usepkillto kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and usekill.
– Byte Commander
yesterday
add a comment |
When you send a process to the background, whether by using ctrl-z or by & at the end of the command, you get an output in the following format: [index] process-id. If you send multiple processes to the background, the index will keep incrementing every time.
For example:
$ sleep 100 &
[1] 41608
$ sleep 101 &
[2] 41609
$ sleep 102 &
[3] 41610
$ sleep 103 &
[4] 41611
$ sleep 104 &
[5] 41612
$ sleep 105 &
[6] 41613
$ sleep 106 &
[7] 41614
In order to stop a specific one, you can either use kill <process-id> or use fg <index> followed by ctrl-c
Example using the previous output:
$ kill 41614
or
$ fg 7
sleep 106
^C
answered yesterday
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When you are root, it's simply killall ping.
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
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First enter fg into same terminal that your ping command is running (it brings the process into the foreground), then press Ctrl+c to stop the process.
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can usejobsto get a list of process that are running in background.
– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
add a comment |
First enter fg into same terminal that your ping command is running (it brings the process into the foreground), then press Ctrl+c to stop the process.
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can usejobsto get a list of process that are running in background.
– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
add a comment |
First enter fg into same terminal that your ping command is running (it brings the process into the foreground), then press Ctrl+c to stop the process.
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
First enter fg into same terminal that your ping command is running (it brings the process into the foreground), then press Ctrl+c to stop the process.
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
answered yesterday
RavexinaRavexina
32.9k1487114
32.9k1487114
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can usejobsto get a list of process that are running in background.
– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
add a comment |
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can usejobsto get a list of process that are running in background.
– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
This works. I also realized that fg works if we have multiple background processes, by calling them to the foreground one by one.
– Vineet
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can use
jobs to get a list of process that are running in background.– Ravexina
yesterday
Yep, that's how it works, you can use
jobs to get a list of process that are running in background.– Ravexina
yesterday
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
How did you make that image loop?
– phillipsk
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
@phillipsk It's GIF, that's how GIF works ...
– Ravexina
11 hours ago
add a comment |
If it is your one and only background job you can kill it with kill %1. If not sure you can list all your background jobs with jobs and use kill %<n> where you replace n by the number of your ping job.
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
add a comment |
If it is your one and only background job you can kill it with kill %1. If not sure you can list all your background jobs with jobs and use kill %<n> where you replace n by the number of your ping job.
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
add a comment |
If it is your one and only background job you can kill it with kill %1. If not sure you can list all your background jobs with jobs and use kill %<n> where you replace n by the number of your ping job.
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
If it is your one and only background job you can kill it with kill %1. If not sure you can list all your background jobs with jobs and use kill %<n> where you replace n by the number of your ping job.
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
answered yesterday
mucluxmuclux
3,22111130
3,22111130
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
add a comment |
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
3
3
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
Also, I found out that n matches the number that is print out in square brackets when running the command.
– Vineet
yesterday
add a comment |
Launch a new tab of terminal, run:
$ pgrep ping
2564
Then kill the pid using kill command:
$ kill 2564
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
When you usepgrepto search processes by name, you can also usepkillto kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and usekill.
– Byte Commander
yesterday
add a comment |
Launch a new tab of terminal, run:
$ pgrep ping
2564
Then kill the pid using kill command:
$ kill 2564
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
When you usepgrepto search processes by name, you can also usepkillto kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and usekill.
– Byte Commander
yesterday
add a comment |
Launch a new tab of terminal, run:
$ pgrep ping
2564
Then kill the pid using kill command:
$ kill 2564
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
Launch a new tab of terminal, run:
$ pgrep ping
2564
Then kill the pid using kill command:
$ kill 2564
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
answered yesterday
EmmetEmmet
6,94722245
6,94722245
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
When you usepgrepto search processes by name, you can also usepkillto kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and usekill.
– Byte Commander
yesterday
add a comment |
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
When you usepgrepto search processes by name, you can also usepkillto kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and usekill.
– Byte Commander
yesterday
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
I used kill in the same terminal too (though the output made it difficult to use). However, I was wondering what to do if I couldn't go far back up in the terminal to see the process id printed, so pgrep has helped, additionally.
– Vineet
yesterday
2
2
When you use
pgrep to search processes by name, you can also use pkill to kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and use kill.– Byte Commander
yesterday
When you use
pgrep to search processes by name, you can also use pkill to kill them by name. No need to type/copy the process id and use kill.– Byte Commander
yesterday
add a comment |
When you send a process to the background, whether by using ctrl-z or by & at the end of the command, you get an output in the following format: [index] process-id. If you send multiple processes to the background, the index will keep incrementing every time.
For example:
$ sleep 100 &
[1] 41608
$ sleep 101 &
[2] 41609
$ sleep 102 &
[3] 41610
$ sleep 103 &
[4] 41611
$ sleep 104 &
[5] 41612
$ sleep 105 &
[6] 41613
$ sleep 106 &
[7] 41614
In order to stop a specific one, you can either use kill <process-id> or use fg <index> followed by ctrl-c
Example using the previous output:
$ kill 41614
or
$ fg 7
sleep 106
^C
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
add a comment |
When you send a process to the background, whether by using ctrl-z or by & at the end of the command, you get an output in the following format: [index] process-id. If you send multiple processes to the background, the index will keep incrementing every time.
For example:
$ sleep 100 &
[1] 41608
$ sleep 101 &
[2] 41609
$ sleep 102 &
[3] 41610
$ sleep 103 &
[4] 41611
$ sleep 104 &
[5] 41612
$ sleep 105 &
[6] 41613
$ sleep 106 &
[7] 41614
In order to stop a specific one, you can either use kill <process-id> or use fg <index> followed by ctrl-c
Example using the previous output:
$ kill 41614
or
$ fg 7
sleep 106
^C
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
add a comment |
When you send a process to the background, whether by using ctrl-z or by & at the end of the command, you get an output in the following format: [index] process-id. If you send multiple processes to the background, the index will keep incrementing every time.
For example:
$ sleep 100 &
[1] 41608
$ sleep 101 &
[2] 41609
$ sleep 102 &
[3] 41610
$ sleep 103 &
[4] 41611
$ sleep 104 &
[5] 41612
$ sleep 105 &
[6] 41613
$ sleep 106 &
[7] 41614
In order to stop a specific one, you can either use kill <process-id> or use fg <index> followed by ctrl-c
Example using the previous output:
$ kill 41614
or
$ fg 7
sleep 106
^C
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
When you send a process to the background, whether by using ctrl-z or by & at the end of the command, you get an output in the following format: [index] process-id. If you send multiple processes to the background, the index will keep incrementing every time.
For example:
$ sleep 100 &
[1] 41608
$ sleep 101 &
[2] 41609
$ sleep 102 &
[3] 41610
$ sleep 103 &
[4] 41611
$ sleep 104 &
[5] 41612
$ sleep 105 &
[6] 41613
$ sleep 106 &
[7] 41614
In order to stop a specific one, you can either use kill <process-id> or use fg <index> followed by ctrl-c
Example using the previous output:
$ kill 41614
or
$ fg 7
sleep 106
^C
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
answered yesterday
DanDan
7,14534573
7,14534573
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add a comment |
When you are root, it's simply killall ping.
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
add a comment |
When you are root, it's simply killall ping.
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
add a comment |
When you are root, it's simply killall ping.
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
When you are root, it's simply killall ping.
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
answered 16 hours ago
Sim SonSim Son
365
365
add a comment |
add a comment |
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In addition to the answers, there is a way to naturally limit
ping's iterations with a count —-c N— where N is a positive number.– l0b0
yesterday
@l0b0 Yes true, but I faced this particular problem, and it's actually related to any program where we might not know the execution time, or where it might not even be defined. So I mean to ask how to stop the process.
– Vineet
yesterday
Nitpick: It's not a URL.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday
@RogerLipscombe What do you call it, other than destination? Host is a little unsure, considering that a single computer may host many domains
– Vineet
yesterday
It's a hostname (or an IP address). "a single computer may host many domains" -- not relevant to ping.
– Roger Lipscombe
yesterday