#!/usr/local/bin/perl
 
$name = $ARGV[0];
 
@proc = split(/\n/, `ps -e -o pid,fname=1234567890`);
 
foreach $prcline (@proc) {
	$prcline =~ /\s*(\S+)\s+(\S+)/;	# split into the 2 fields of 'ps -e -o pid,fname' line
	$pid = $1;					# process id
	$prc = $2;					# process name
	
	if ($prc eq $name) {
		print "Found process $prc of pid $pid\n";
		kill 15, $pid;
		sleep 2;
		# If reason doesn't work, use force
		kill 9, $pid;
		print"killed $pid\n";
		$flag = 1;
	}
}
 
die "Killed no processes" unless ($flag);