skill

#!/bin/env bash

# Author: sandalbanditten
#mpv License: GPL v3.0

# smart way
selected="$(ps --user "$USER" -F | \
	dmenu -l 16 -i -p "Process to kill:" "$@" | \
	awk '{print $2" "$11}')";

if [[ -n $selected ]]; then
	# Piping No/Yes into dmenu as a safety measure, in case you
	answer="$(echo -e "No\nYes" | dmenu -l 16 -i -p "Kill $selected?" "$@")"

	if [[ $answer == "Yes" ]]; then
		# This echo command prints everything before the first space.
		# Luke Smith has a video on why this is most efficient in this case
		# An alternative way to do it would be with awk or cut, both are less 
		# efficient however.
		kill -9 "${selected%% *}"
		echo "Process $selected has been killed." && exit 0
	else
		# We want this script to exit with a 1 and not 0 because 1 means
		# an error, so this can be handled by other scripts better
		echo "Script terminated." && exit 1
	fi
fi
exit 0