Linux Command Cheat Sheet/Kill all processes for a user

Terminate processes owned by a specific user.

Section: Users Groups and Sessions

Kill all processes for a user

bash
bash
sudo pkill -u olddeploy
Explanation

Use carefully on multi-user systems.

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