If you ever need to terminate a unix process that is running, type the unix command,
ps -eaf |
grep your_username
in a xterm window. Locate the PID number in the first column that corresponds to the process and
type the command,
kill -9 PID
in a xterm window, where PID is the process ID number corresponding to the process. To list just a process or processes from a particular program, i.e., synopsys, the command is,
ps -eaf | grep your_username | grep synopsys
To kill all your processes running on a machine, you can use the command,