linux script to kill java process

Question

I want linux script to kill java program running on console.

Following is the process running as jar.

[rapp@s1-dlap0 ~]$ ps -ef |grep java
rapp    9473           


        

Answer 1

You can simply use pkill -f like this:

pkill -f 'java -jar'

EDIT: To kill a particular java process running your specific jar use this regex based pkill command:

pkill -f 'java.*lnwskInterface'