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To: Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Using kill 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Hi
> 
> When I try to kill a process using kill -TERM 'cat /var/run/named.pid'
> or similar it won't let. I keep getting the error message:
> 
> 	No such pid cat /var/run/named.pid
> 
> Is there a way to kill a process with out opening the pid file???

Your quotes are the wrong way 'round.  Use

  kill `cat /var/run/named.pid`

> Thanks
> 
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> Lee Johnston			 
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