Killing run away processes

[Jeremy J Starcher]

#!/bin/sh
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#  This shell script will zot (kill -9) all process except the user's	#
#  shells. Several processes will return as none existent or some other #
#  error.  Ignore those.						#
#									#
#  This script file is dedicated to all those who find themselves with	#
#  a program that quickly goes out of control and need a way to		#
#  terminate it quickly.						#
#								  	#
#  Caveat:  This script must be named zot                               #
#									#
#  Author:  Jeremy J Starcher (r3jjs at vax1.cc.uakron.edu)		#
#  Date:    2 October 1990						#
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kill -9 `ps -aux | grep $USER | grep -v -e -csh | grep -v 'sh zot' | cut -c10-15 | paste -s -`