https://github.com/yaroslaff/dieyoung

Kill very long running processes by name, args and age
https://github.com/yaroslaff/dieyoung

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Kill very long running processes by name, args and age

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yaroslaff/dieyoung
• Owner: yaroslaff
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-28T08:28:45.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-29T10:58:44.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T09:05:43.226Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# dieyoung

Find / kill very long running processes by name, args and age

## Installation

recommended way:

`pipx install dieyoung`

or (better if inside python virtualenv):

`pip install dieyoung`

your system may have `pip3` instead of `pip`.

## Find processes by name / arguments, three different modes

See all my ssh sessions:

~~~shell

$ dieyoung ssh

732333 8h ssh alv

742297 7h ssh jul

745335 6h ssh mx

875490 38m ssh -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519 mx

880910 25m ssh mx -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519

~~~

Format is simple: pid, age, cmdline

Now, lets suppose we want to find only ssh to mx:

~~~shell

$ dieyoung ssh mx

745335 6h ssh mx

875490 39m ssh -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519 mx

880910 25m ssh mx -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519

~~~

Three sessions are found, because each of them has "ssh" and "mx" in cmdline (in any order). This is how `--mode any` works (default mode), processes matches our pattern if all words from pattern are found *anywhere* in process cmdline, even if there are other arguments.

`--mode start`: First words of cmdline must match pattern, e.g. 

~~~shell

$ dieyoung -m start -- ssh -i 

875490 39m ssh -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519 mx

~~~

But this filter will not find process `ssh mx -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519` (because `ssh mx` is not `ssh -i`). 

Note, we used `--` to separate PATTERN (`ssh -i`) from dieyoung arguments.

`--mode full`: process cmdline must fully match pattern, e.g.

~~~shell

$ dieyoung -m full -- ssh -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519 mx

875490 40m ssh -i /home/xenon/.ssh/id_ed25519 mx

~~~

## Filter by age, user and executable

To find processes older then some age use `-a` / `--age` option, like `-a 1h30m` (to find processes older then 1 hour and 30minutes)

`--exe PATH` to find only processes with this executable, e.g. if you want to find `/usr/bin/php` but not `/opt/php/7.4/bin/php`.

`--user USERNAME` to find only processes of this user. 

## Kill / Terminate processes

After you found processes, you may kill it manually with `kill` command, or use built-in feature. Add `--terminate` option to gracefully send SIGTERM to each matching process or `--kill` to send `SIGKILL` (like `kill -9 `).

## Inspect more details of processes

Add `-j` / `--json` to show more info about processes