taskkill
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Wrapper for the Windows
taskkillcommand. Ends one or more tasks or processes.
npm install taskkill
import {taskkill} from 'taskkill';
await taskkill([pid, pid2]);
See the taskkill docs for more.
Kill asynchronously.
Returns a Promise.
Kill synchronously.
Type: string | number | string[] | number[]
One or more process IDs or image names, but not mixed.
The system, username, password options are mutually inclusive.
Type: string
Name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). The default is the local computer.
Type: string
A user specified by User or Domain\User.
The default is the permissions of the current logged on user on the computer issuing the command.
Type: string
Password of the user account for the specified username.
Type: string
Types of processes to include or exclude from termination.
See the taskkill docs for supported filters.
Type: boolean
Forcefully terminate processes. Ignored for remote processes as all remote processes are forcefully terminated.
Type: boolean
Terminate all child processes along with the parent process, commonly known as a tree kill.
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Wrapper for the Windows `taskkill` command. Ends one or more tasks or processes.
The npm package taskkill receives a total of 142,001 weekly downloads. As such, taskkill popularity was classified as popular.
We found that taskkill demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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