How do I kill a Python multiprocessing job?

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In reference to this question I had asked, I can successfully run jobs using multiprocessing and I can see that all processors are being utilized. How do I kill this job? From terminal I run:

python my_multiprocessor_script.py

Then I hit Ctrl+C to kill.

However the job doesn't seem to be killed and I can see all the processors still in use. I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6.

you probably dont need sudo assuming it launches under the same user you are running as — Joran Beasley, Apr 29 '15 at 20:51
and multiprocessing should launch under the same user, so you don't need sudo — Mike McKerns, Apr 29 '15 at 20:52

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You should be able to do something like this.

Original Author

kill -9 `ps -ef | grep my_multiprocessor_script.py | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`

also take a look at Python Multiprocessing Kill Processes for more info

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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