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KillProcess[proc]

kills the external process represented by the ProcessObject proc.

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KillProcess

KillProcess[proc]

kills the external process represented by the ProcessObject proc.

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  • On Unix-like systems, KillProcess[proc,n] sends signal n to the process.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Start the system shell process:

Wolfram Language code: process = StartProcess[$SystemShell]

Kill the process:

Wolfram Language code: KillProcess[process]; Pause[0.1];

Check that the process has actually finished:

Wolfram Language code: ProcessStatus[process]

Start five system shell processes:

Wolfram Language code: StartProcess[$SystemShell]& /@ Range[5]

Show the list of processes that were started using StartProcess:

Wolfram Language code: Processes[]

Kill all processes that were started using StartProcess:

Wolfram Language code: KillProcess /@ Processes[];

Check that all processes have actually finished:

Wolfram Language code: Processes[]
Wolfram Research (2014), KillProcess, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), KillProcess, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "KillProcess." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2014). KillProcess. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_killprocess, author="Wolfram Research", title="{KillProcess}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_killprocess, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={KillProcess}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KillProcess.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}