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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T16:26:28+00:00 2026-05-11T16:26:28+00:00

I run the following code unsuccessfully sudo killall %4 where %4 is my Vim

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I run the following code unsuccessfully

sudo killall %4

where %4 is my Vim session.

How can you terminate a job without foregrounding it?

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    2026-05-11T16:26:28+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 4:26 pm

    I believe you want “kill” instead of “killall”. I tested under tcsh like this:

    home% cat
    ^Z
    Suspended
    home% kill %1
    home% 
    [1]    Terminated                    cat
    

    Furthermore, I doubt this would work with sudo because sudo would invoke a new shell, wouldn’t it? And in that shell, %4 would not be defined.

    home% cat
    ^Z
    Suspended
    home% sudo kill %1
    Password:
    kill: illegal process id: %1
    

    If you really need to sudo, you can try this:

    home% jobs -l
    [1] + 26318 Suspended cat
    home% sudo kill 26318
    
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