linux find process and kill code example

Example 1: how to kill tasks using grep

kill -9 $(ps aux | grep KeyWordHere | awk '{print $2}')

Example 2: how to kill a process with linux

ps ux #list the running proccess
kill -9 <PID>

Example 3: how to kill a process in linux

kill -KILL PIDnumber ... for example, kill -KILL 12345

Example 4: find and kill process

Find PID of process to kill with:
ps ax
Then just specify "kill PID" command as for example:
kill 16320
kill -9 16320 	#Force kill in case process is not answering.