Pause a Process in Linux

Try the killall command:

To pause all instances of "top":

killall -STOP top

To restart the programs:

killall -CONT top

To change the priority, use "renice"


Tags: running, process, stop, utility, unix, kill

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    leonard
    Date Updated:
    2007-01-03 21:33:27
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    2003-09-01 14:04:37

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