I'm trying to figure out how to kill a script that automatically starts at boot so that I can replace it with another script later using cron. Specifically, I'm working with a script located at ~/scripts/default.sh, and I'm looking for a reliable method to terminate it programmatically. I've heard of commands like ps and pkill, but I'm not sure about the exact steps or commands to use for this.
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If you're using cron, you could set it up to run a script that starts your main script in the background and saves its PID to a file. Then, later, you can refer to that file to kill the specific script using the recorded PID.
You can use the command `pkill -f "default.sh"` to terminate it. It's a straightforward way to stop the script, especially if you uniquely label the script to avoid confusion with others that may have the same name.
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