#!/bin/bash function echo_run( ) { echo $@ $@ } function kill_bg( ) { PID=$1 CMD=$(ps -p $PID -o cmd=) SUDO= TOKILL=$PID if [[ ${CMD:0:5} == "sudo " ]] ; then SUDO="sudo " TOKILL=$(ps --ppid $PID -o pid=) fi echo_run ${SUDO}kill -9 $TOKILL }