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jan5000 (jan5000) wrote : killall can't kill processes with fairly long names (Ubuntu 12.04)

"prog_one_one_three" is an arbitrary program (couple of lines of 'C', sleep () loop). What the program does is, is a don't care.

ubuntu@test-0002:~$ ./prog_one_two_three&
[1] 1927
ubuntu@test-0002:~$ ps aux | grep prog_one_two_three
ubuntu 1927 0.0 0.0 4148 352 pts/0 S 08:20 0:00 ./prog_one_two_three
ubuntu 1933 0.0 0.0 9392 888 pts/0 S+ 08:21 0:00 grep --color=auto prog_one_two_three
ubuntu@test-0002:~$ killall prog_one_two_three
prog_one_two_three: no process found

****** Can't kill it *****

ubuntu@test-0002:~$ cp prog_one_two_three prog
ubuntu@test-0002:~$ ./prog&
[2] 1936
ubuntu@test-0002:~$ killall prog
[2]+ Terminated ./prog
ubuntu@test-0002:~$

******* KIll OK *********

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bash 4.2-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 1 08:33:13 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-31 (0 days ago)