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by bmnbug 5124 days ago
kill -9 -1 is better than kill -9 $$
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How so?
That post was a troll. -1 is a special PID: It indicates that all processes that you can kill should be.

Kill -9 -1 as root is a surefire way to make a system stop doing anything, fast.