#!/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. set -euo pipefail if [ "${1:-}" = "kill" ]; then target="$2" if [ -z "$target" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 kill "; exit 1 fi # Show what will be signalled and confirm first. pkill -x by name can # match several processes at once, and as root that is an easy way to # take down more than intended with no warning. if [[ "$target" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then if ! ps -p "$target" -o pid,user,comm >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "No process with PID $target."; exit 1 fi ps -p "$target" -o pid,user,comm else if ! pgrep -x "$target" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "No process named '$target'."; exit 1 fi pgrep -x -a "$target" fi if [ "${FORCE:-}" != "1" ]; then if [ ! -t 0 ]; then echo "Refusing to kill without confirmation; set FORCE=1 for unattended use." >&2 exit 1 fi read -r -p "Send SIGTERM to the above? (yes/NO): " reply [ "$reply" = "yes" ] || { echo "Cancelled."; exit 0; } fi if [[ "$target" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then kill "$target" && echo "Process $target signalled." || echo "Failed to signal process $target." else pkill -x "$target" && echo "Processes named '$target' signalled." || echo "Failed to signal '$target'." fi exit 0 fi echo "==== Top 5 CPU-consuming processes ====" ps -eo pid,user,comm,%cpu --sort=-%cpu | head -n 6 || true echo -e "\n==== Top 5 Memory-consuming processes ====" ps -eo pid,user,comm,%mem --sort=-%mem | head -n 6 || true