Shell script kill Zombie Processes 1. Create shell script $ vi /usr/local/sbin/kill-zombies Code: #! /bin/bash # # Zombie processes killing script.

Must be run under root. case "$1" in --admin) stat=`ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "PID" | xargs -n 1 ps lOp | grep -v "UI D" | awk '{print"pid: "$3" *** parent_pid: "$4" *** status: "$10" *** process: " $13}' | grep ": Z"` if ((${#stat} > 0));then echo zombie processes found: echo . ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "PID" | xargs -n 1 ps lOp | grep -v "UID" | a wk '{print"pid: "$3" *** parent_pid: "$4" *** status: "$10" *** process: "$13}' | grep ": Z" echo -n "Kill zombies? [y/n]: " read keyb if [ $keyb == 'y' ];then echo killing zombies.. ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "PID" | xargs -n 1 ps lOp | grep -v "UID" | a wk '{print$4" status:"$10}' | grep "status:Z" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n 1 ki ll -9 fi else echo no zombies found! fi ;; --cron) stat=`ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "PID" | xargs -n 1 ps lOp | grep -v "UI D" | awk '{print"pid: "$3" *** parent_pid: "$4" *** status: "$10" *** process: " $13}' | grep ": Z"` if ((${#stat} > 0));then ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "PID" | xargs -n 1 ps lOp | grep -v "UID" | a wk '{print$4" status:"$10}' | grep "status:Z" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n 1 ki ll -9 echo `date`": killed some zombie processes!" >> /var/log/zombies.log fi ;; *) echo 'usage: kill-zombies {--cron|--admin}' ;; esac exit 0 2. Set Permission $ chmod 744 /usr/local/sbin/kill-zombies 3. Usage $ kill-zombies --admin

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