This command will kill all the processes with a specific name :
kill `ps -ef | grep process-name-to-kill | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
References
kill Manpage
The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM signal is sent. The TERM signal will kill processes which do not catch this signal. For other processes, it may be necessary to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
Most modern shells have a builtin kill function, with a usage rather similar to that of the command described here. The ‘-a’ and ‘-p’ options, and the possibility to specify pids by command name is a local extension.
If sig is 0, then no signal is sent, but error checking is still performed.
Syntax
kill [-s sigspec] [-n signum] [-sigspec] jobspec or pid
kill -l [exit_status]
kill -l [sigspec]
Key
-l List the signal names
-s Send a specific signal
-n Send a specific signal number
ps Manpage
ps – report a snapshot of the current processes.
Syntax
ps option(s)
ps [-L]
Options
-L List all the keyword options
This version of ps accepts 3 kinds of option:
-Unix98 options may be grouped and must be preceeded by a dash.
BSD options may be grouped and must not be used with a dash.
--GNU long options are preceeded by two dashes.
Options of different types may be freely mixed. The PS_PERSONALITY environment variable provides more detailed control of ps behavior.
The Options below are listed side-by-side (unless there are differences).
Simple Process Selection:
-A a select all processes (including those of other users)
-a select all with a tty except session leaders
-d select all, but omit session leaders
-e select all processes
g really all, even group leaders (does nothing w/o SunOS settings)
-N negate selection
r restrict output to running processes
T select all processes on this terminal
x select processes without controlling ttys
--deselect negate selection
Process Selection by List:
-C select by command name
-G select by RGID (supports names)
-g select by session leader OR by group name
--Group select by real group name or ID
--group select by effective group name or ID
-p p --pid select by process ID (PID)
-s --sid select by session ID
-t --tty select by terminal (tty)
-u U select by effective user ID (supports names)
-U select by RUID (supports names)
--User select by real user name or ID
--user select by effective user name or ID
-123 implied --sid
123 implied --pid
Output Format Control:
-c Different scheduler info for -l option
-f Full listing
-j j Jobs format
-l l Long format
-O O Add the information associated with the space or comma separated
list of keywords specified, after the process ID, in the default
information display.
-o o Display information associated with the space or comma separated
list of keywords specified.
--format user-defined format
s display signal format
u display user-oriented format
v display virtual memory format
X old Linux i386 register format
-y do not show flags; show rss in place of addr
Output Modifiers:
C use raw CPU time for %CPU instead of decaying average
c true command name
e show environment after the command
f ASCII-art process hierarchy (forest)
-H show process hierarchy (forest)
h do not print header lines (repeat header lines in BSD personality)
-m m show all threads
-n set namelist file
n numeric output for WCHAN and USER
N specify namelist file
O sorting order (overloaded)
S include some dead child process data (as a sum with the parent)
-w w wide output
--cols set screen width
--columns set screen width
--forest ASCII art process tree
--html HTML escaped output
--headers repeat header lines
--no-headers print no header line at all
--lines set screen height
--nul unjustified output with NULs
--null unjustified output with NULs
--rows set screen height
--sort specify sorting order
--width set screen width
--zero unjustified output with NULs
Information:
-V V print version
L list all format specifiers
--help print help message
--info print debugging info
--version print version
Syntax
awk 'Program' Input-File1 Input-File2 ...
awk -f PROGRAM-FILE Input-File1 Input-File2 ...
Key
-F FS
--field-separator FS
Use FS for the input field separator (the value of the `FS'
predefined variable).
-f PROGRAM-FILE
--file PROGRAM-FILE
Read the awk program source from the file PROGRAM-FILE, instead
of from the first command line argument.
-mf NNN
-mr NNN
The `f' flag sets the maximum number of fields, and the `r' flag
sets the maximum record size. These options are ignored by
`gawk', since `gawk' has no predefined limits; they are only for
compatibility with the Bell Labs research version of Unix awk.
-v VAR=VAL
--assign VAR=VAL
Assign the variable VAR the value VAL before program execution
begins.
-W traditional
-W compat
--traditional
--compat
Use compatibility mode, in which `gawk' extensions are turned off.
-W lint
--lint
Give warnings about dubious or non-portable awk constructs.
-W lint-old
--lint-old
Warn about constructs that are not available in the original
Version 7 Unix version of awk.
-W posix
--posix
Use POSIX compatibility mode, in which `gawk' extensions are
turned off and additional restrictions apply.
-W re-interval
--re-interval
Allow interval expressions, in regexps.
-W source=PROGRAM-TEXT
--source PROGRAM-TEXT
Use PROGRAM-TEXT as awk program source code. This option allows
mixing command line source code with source code from files, and is
particularly useful for mixing command line programs with library
functions.
--
Signal the end of options. This is useful to allow further
arguments to the awk program itself to start with a `-'. This
is mainly for consistency with POSIX argument parsing conventions.
'Program'
A series of patterns and actions: see below
Input-File
If no Input-File is specified then awk applies the Program to
"standard input", (piped output of some other command or the terminal.
Typed input will continue until end-of-file (typing `Control-d')
Kill all the processes with a specific name