how to kill 2 processes in linux

Question

I have two programs running simultaneously ( in linux ) , with one running at the background. When i press ctrl+c , the prompt returns , but the processes seem to continue.. How to kill them both ?

Answer 1

use pkill myprocess. If not, check the pid of the background process using ps -ef, then use kill -9 <pid>. you can also use pgrep myprocess to find those pids.

Answer 2

Background processes started from the same as your current shell are visible through job control as well. In bash type "jobs" and you can kill %1 for example.