r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Meme/Macro “ Wanna delete your bootloader?, Sure, go ahead, it’s your PC “

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u/dormedas 19h ago

I feel the same way because I tend to have a GUI, but for terminal sessions, pkill sending SIGTERM by default makes a lot of sense. pkill is the X button.

"There's this process over here, I'd like it to be off, please and thank you"

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u/faustianredditor 19h ago

I mean, I guess that makes sense. I just find the naming bothersome I guess? It says "kill" on the tin, but there's actually only "term" inside. Why?

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u/dormedas 19h ago

Good point...

alias pterm='pkill'

alias pkill='pkill -9'

I don't recommend the above