#!/bin/bash # process_monitor.sh - Show top processes and allow killing by name or PID # # Copyright (C) 2025 LINUXexpert.org # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the # Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License # for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program. If not, see . # # Usage: process_monitor.sh [kill ] # Description: Without args, shows top CPU & memory processes. With "kill", terminates process by name or PID. if [ "$1" = "kill" ]; then target="$2" if [ -z "$target" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 kill "; exit 1 fi # If target is numeric (PID), kill that PID, else kill by name if [[ "$target" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then kill "$target" && echo "Process $target killed." || echo "Failed to kill process $target." else # Use pkill to kill by name (match full process name) pkill -x "$target" && echo "Processes named '$target' killed." || echo "No process '$target' found or kill failed." fi exit 0 fi echo "==== Top 5 CPU-consuming processes ====" ps -eo pid,user,comm,%cpu --sort=-%cpu | head -n 6 echo -e "\n==== Top 5 Memory-consuming processes ====" ps -eo pid,user,comm,%mem --sort=-%mem | head -n 6