delete all PID that running by UID ??

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Hi experts,

How can I delete the process running by particular UID. For an example-

I want to delete all PID that running by UID- purple

UID      PID    PPID   C   STIME   TTY      TIME CMD
purple   120     122    0   Jan 17   ?        0:02 sched
purple   234     235    0   Jan 17   ?        6:17 /home/ritmouser/script/myscript.sh
purple   455     456    0   Jan 17   ?        0:00 pageoutin
purple   4576    4678   1   Jan 17   ?       4545:56 fsflush
purple   503     1      0   Jan 17   ?        0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/ritmouser/script1
purple   130     1      0   Jan 17   ?        0:02 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
purple   348     1      0   Jan 17   ?        0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/ritmouser/script1
purple    56     1      0   Jan 17   ?       115:34 /usr/lib/picl/picld
purple   151     1      0   Jan 17   ?        0:25 /home/ritmouser/script/myscript.sh

meanwhile, what is column "C" ??

Let me correct if i am wrong- PID = child process id
PPID= parent process id
best regards,

purple

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ps -ef|grep <USERNAME>|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'|xargs kill 
#you could use -9 but start gracefully...#

All the best

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su purple
/usr/bin/kill -15 -1

When pid is -1 kill will atomically signal all processes owned by the user.

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The column headed "C" is the task priority (0-255).
A high number is a low priority.
You may see unix change a task priority dynamically to 200+ if a task might
be looping.

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Thanks buddy.

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You can also use the pkill utility if it is available on your platform. man pkill.

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yes pkill is available in my solaris.

so what will be the syntax then to kill process which UID is purple?