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Is there a command line utility that kills all processes with a specific command line?

E.g. kill all processes named "java.exe" with a command line that contains "-jar selenium-server.jar". This is possible through process explorer.

ripper234
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In Windows XP you can do this easily using WMIC, the WMI Console. From a command prompt, type the following:

wmic Path win32_process Where "CommandLine Like '%-jar selenium-server.jar%'" Call Terminate

Edit:

I replaced the alias 'process' by it full path ('path win32_process') as is Aviator's port. Note: This alias may not be declared on every OS.

Nicholas DiPiazza
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Benoit
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    +20 That's it! Dammit :) I too was following the WMIC. But I was doing it from within the WMIC console and wasn't being able to apply LIKE. Was getting syntax errors, which were forcing me to use '=', which in turn forced me to input the whole CommandLine field. Glad to know LIKE works outside the WMIC console. Should have thought of that. Kudos to you – A Dwarf Oct 07 '09 at 13:04
  • works perfectly when I call it from command line. I have TeamCity starting a process which I need to kill at the end of the build. Somehow when the same command line called by TeamCity it returns "No Instance(s) Available", the same commad like copied/pasted to cmd kills the process correctly. Any ideas why would that be? – root Jun 06 '14 at 14:00
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    Just a little tip for cmd files - to use this command from cmd file you should replace escape all '%' chars with a second '%' char, e.g. ... CommandLIne Like '%%-jar ... – sarh Nov 19 '14 at 16:12
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If you are using a Windows version which has WMIC command in it. You can try this

wmic path win32_process Where "Caption Like '%java.exe%' AND CommandLine Like '%selenium.jar%'" get ProcessId|more +1

The more +1 removes first line containing the header and prints the PID alone. If there are more than one java process containing selenium.jar then this will return one PID per line.

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Simple one-liner in powershell:

(Get-WmiObject win32_process -filter "Name='java.exe' AND CommandLine LIKE '%-jar selenium-server.jar%'").Terminate()
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I believe you could do this with PowerShell using Get-Process and the StartInfo.Arguments on the process you want.

$procs = Get-Process java
foreach($proc in $procs) 
{
    if($proc.StartInfo.Arguments -contains "-jar selenium-server.jar")
    {
        kill $proc
    }
}

(I haven't tested that completely, but you should be able to tweak it to make it work)

brien
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Powershell:-

$oProcs = get-process explorer;foreach ($oProc in $oProcs){if ($oProc.Path.Contains('C:\Windows')) {Stop-Process $oProc.Id}}
suspectus
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Richard Forrester
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I use a variation of Brien's PowerShell script.

This outputs command line and other info as well.

$processes = Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -Filter "name = 'java.exe'"
foreach($proc in $processes)
{
    if($proc.CommandLine.Contains("selenium-server.jar"))
    {
        Write-Host "stopping proccess $($proc.ProcessId) with $($proc.ThreadCount) threads; $($proc.CommandLine.Substring(0, 50))..."
        Stop-Process -F $proc.ProcessId
    } else
    {
        Write-Host "skipping proccess $($proc.ProcessId) with $($proc.ThreadCount) threads; $($proc.CommandLine.Substring(0, 50))..."
    }
}
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Jan H
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Another powershell variation. It's basically the same, perhaps easier to type and remember. -match can actually take a regular expression. 

get-wmiobject win32_process | where commandline -match selenium-server.jar 
  | remove-wmiobject
js2010
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Use the free PsKill:

pskill java.exe

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    you missed the 2nd part of the question: "specific commandline"... not the first java.exe, that comes along .. neither all java.exe processes – akira Oct 07 '09 at 11:33