nodekill v1.3.1

NodeKill

Simply stop unresponsive programs from the command line

Purpose

The purpose of NodeKill is to make stopping unresponsive programs easier, particularly when working on different operating systems.

Installation

This package currently only works on machines with Powershell available (see: Contributing) from the command line.

npm install -g nodekill

Usage

To list all running processes:

nodekill list

Which returns:

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------
    171      12     2072       7828       0.11  15840   4 acrotray
    149       9     1368       3764              4452   0 armsvc
    108       7     1512       4740       0.02  13520   4 bash
    169      10     7276       9780       0.67  18276   4 bash
    ...      ..     ....       ....       ....  .....   ......

To find the exact name of a process (fuzzy search):

nodekill find -p note

Which returns:

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------
    235      13     2656      11996       0.05   9752   4 notepad

To stop a program:

nodekill stop -p notepad

Contributing

I need someone to test the commands on MacOS and Linux. Please see the 'bin/platforms/index.js' file.