Thank you :) actually, kill -9 $(cat /var/run/natd.pid |cut -d" " -f1) in a script will work... (4 hours of work for this....)
for some reason, 'kill' doesn't think 'cat natd.pid' is a valid pid. i have to specially cut the first part out to get it straight i am using csh i tried your suggestions just now and below are the result kill -9 `cat /var/run/natd.pid` kill: Arguments should be jobs or process id's kill -9 `cat /var/run/natd.pid|cut -d" " -f1` kill: Arguments should be jobs or process id's what do you think is the reason? i most certainly flunk my shell... hehe rich 2008/9/14 Agus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/9/14 Richard Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have been trying to kill the process by pulling natd.pid > > below are 3 typical examples among a couple dozens I tried > > > > kill -9 $(natd.pid) > > Illegal variable name > > > > kill -9 '/var/run/natd.pid' > > kill: Arguments should be jobs or process id's > > > > cat /var/run/natd.pid | kill -9 > > (no error returned, but natd process is still up) > > > > > > could someone help? > > thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > > Best Regards > > > > Richard Yang > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > Hi, > > I dont think this ways are correctly form... > > You probably want to kill the PID thats in that file, so the use as a > variable, has no use...hehe > > kill -9 `cat /var/run/natd.pid` > > Notice the quotes aren simple..they are like an ascent towards the left.... > > that will probably work > > If not you can also use the xargs command in the last one u put, > before the kill -9... > > Cheers, > Brahama > -- Best Regards Richard Yang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"