From d26f7c64e8e9b08ab1e23483b8030f2417997c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Petherbridge <root@kirsle.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:10:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add grkill script

---
 home/bin/grkill | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 home/bin/grkill

diff --git a/home/bin/grkill b/home/bin/grkill
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e3a2c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/bin/grkill
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# grkill - Kill command and grep all in one!
+# Usage: grkill [options] "grep string"
+#
+# Does a `ps aux | grep STRING` and for each PID found, runs a `kill` command
+# passing any other options verbatim. For example, `grkill -9 application.py`
+# would kill any process with "application.py" in its command line.
+#
+# --Kirsle
+# http://sh.kirsle.net/
+
+from sys import argv, exit
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+def main():
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        print "Usage: {} [options] <grep string>".format(argv[0])
+        exit(1)
+
+    # Separate the search string from other options.
+    options = argv[1:]
+    grep = options.pop()
+
+    # Do a `ps aux | grep`
+    try:
+        ps = subprocess.check_output(
+            "ps aux | grep {} | grep -v grep | grep -v grkill".format(grep),
+            shell=True
+        )
+    except:
+        print "No processes found."
+        exit(1)
+
+    for line in ps.split("\n"):
+        if not line.strip():
+            continue
+        pid = re.split(r'\s+', line)[1]
+
+        # And kill it.
+        subprocess.call("kill {opts} {pid}".format(
+            opts=" ".join(options),
+            pid=pid,
+        ), shell=True)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()