How to kill zombie processes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-size: large;">How to display and kill <a href="http://linux.amitmaheshwari.in/2014/03/what-is-zombie-process.html" target="_blank">zombie processes</a></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <b>To find if zombies exist </b><br /> Use Linux Bulit-in "top" Command:<br /> <br /> [root@amitmaheshwari.in ~]#<span style="color: blue;"> top  | grep Tasks</span><br /> Tasks: 116 total,   1 running, 115 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie<br /> Tasks: 116 total,   2 running, 114 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie<br /> Tasks: 116 total,   1 running, 115 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie<br /> Tasks: 116 total,   1 running, 115 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie<br /> <br /> <b>Check zombie Process by "ps" command:</b><br /> [root@amitmaheshwari.in ~]# <span style="color: blue;">ps aux | awk '{ print $8 " " $2 }' | grep -w Z</span><br /> example output: Z+ 7872<br /> <br /> <b>Kill the zombies</b><br /> zombies are living dead, so the aren't always easy to kill.<br /> <br /> Try executing: kill -9 PID<br /> example: kill -9 7872<br /> Hopefully it will work, else below command will check PPID (Parent Process ID and Kill it)<br /> <br /> <b>If you need a  single line command that does the work you can try :</b><br /> <span style="color: blue;">kill -HUP `ps -A -ostat,ppid | grep -e '^[Zz]' | awk '{print $2}'`</span><br /> <span style="color: blue;"><br /></span> Great !!  It works perfectly <br /> <br /> <a href="http://linux.amitmaheshwari.in/2014/03/what-is-zombie-process.html" target="_blank">What is Zombie Process ? </a><br /> <br /> <span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div>

How to kill zombie processes

How to display and kill zombie processes To find if zombies exist  Use Linux Bulit-in "top" Command: [root@amitmaheshwari.i...

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What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes

<h1> Linux Interview Questions: -  What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes?<o:p></o:p></h1> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b>Answer </b>is “<b>top</b>” command.<o:p></o:p></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> top -> The top utility shows a listing of all running processes that is dynamically updated.<o:p></o:p></div>

What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes

Linux Interview Questions: -  What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes? Answer is “ top ” command. to...

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