• @[email protected]
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    310 months ago

    Ok here’s a question I should have asked like way sooner.

    In Ubuntu (and similar distros), is there a hotkey to immediately kill the process? Like CTRL-C but harsher.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      If you’re using X11, you can use xkill: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xkill

      You can bind it to a key in gnome/kde (not sure how they handle custom keybinds. Otherwise add a call to xbindkeys to your .bashrc or equivalent). It kills any window you want, responsive or not.

      As for the terminal, I don’t think you can send SIGKILL, but ctrl + \ will result in a core dump if you’re using bash.

    • Vanshaj
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      410 months ago

      I use a process manager like btop for this.

    • @GentriFriedRice
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      110 months ago

      CTRL-C – SIGINT CTRL-\ – SIGQUIT CTRL-Z + kill -9 %1 – SIGTSTP + SIGKILL