Proc::Killfam (3)
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NAME
Proc::Killfam - kill a list of pids, and all their sub-children
SYNOPSIS
use Proc::Killfam;
killfam $signal, @pids;
DESCRIPTION
killfam accepts the same arguments as the Perl builtin kill command, but, additionally, recursively searches the process table for children and kills them as well.
EXAMPLE
killfam 'TERM', ($pid1, $pid2, @more_pids);
KEYWORDS
kill, signal