parallel-nuke

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NAME

   parallel-nuke  parallel process kill program

SYNOPSIS

   parallel-nuke [-vA] [-h hosts_file] [-H [user@]host[:port]] [-l user] [-p par] [-o outdir] [-e errdir] [-t timeout] [-O options] [-x args] [-X arg] pattern

DESCRIPTION

   parallel-nuke is a program for killing processes in parallel on a number of hosts.  It provides features such as passing a password to ssh, saving output to files, and timing out.

OPTIONS

   -h host_file
   --hosts host_file
          Read  hosts from the given host_file.  Lines in the host file are of the form [user@]host[:port] and can include blank lines and comments (lines beginning with "#").  If multi
          ple host files are given (the -h option is used more than once), then parallel-nuke behaves as though these files were concatenated together.  If a host is  specified  multiple
          times, then parallel-nuke will connect the given number of times.

   -H     [user@]host[:port]
   --host [user@]host[:port]
   -H     "[user@]host[:port] [ [user@]host[:port ] ... ]"
   --host "[user@]host[:port] [ [user@]host[:port ] ... ]"
          Add the given host strings to the list of hosts.  This option may be given multiple times, and may be used in conjunction with the -h option.

   -l user
   --user user
          Use the given username as the default for any host entries that don't specifically specify a user.

   -p parallelism
   --par parallelism
          Use the given number as the maximum number of concurrent connections.

   -t timeout
   --timeout timeout
          Make connections time out after the given number of seconds.  With a value of 0, parallel-nuke will not timeout any connections.

   -o outdir
   --outdir outdir
          Save  standard  output  to files in the given directory.  Filenames are of the form [user@]host[:port][.num] where the user and port are only included for hosts that explicitly
          specify them.  The number is a counter that is incremented each time for hosts that are specified more than once.

   -e errdir
   --errdir errdir
          Save standard error to files in the given directory.  Filenames are of the same form as with the -o option.

   -x args
   --extra-args args
          Passes extra SSH command-line arguments (see the ssh(1) man page for more information about SSH arguments).  This option may be specified multiple  times.   The  arguments  are
          processed to split on whitespace, protect text within quotes, and escape with backslashes.  To pass arguments without such processing, use the -X option instead.

   -X arg
   --extra-arg arg
          Passes a single SSH command-line argument (see the ssh(1) man page for more information about SSH arguments).  Unlike the -x option, no processing is performed on the argument,
          including word splitting.  To pass multiple command-line arguments, use the option once for each argument.

   -O options
   --options options
          SSH options in the format used in the SSH configuration file (see the ssh_config(5) man page for more information).  This option may be specified multiple times.

   -A
   --askpass
          Prompt  for  a password and pass it to ssh.  The password may be used for either to unlock a key or for password authentication.  The password is transferred in a fairly secure
          manner (e.g., it will not show up in argument lists).  However, be aware that a root user on your system could potentially intercept the password.

   -v
   --verbose
          Include error messages from ssh with the -i and -e options.

TIPS

   The ssh_config file can include an arbitrary number of Host sections.  Each host entry specifies ssh options which apply only to the given host.  Host definitions can even behave like
   aliases if the HostName option is included.  This ssh feature, in combination with parallel-ssh host files, provides a tremendous amount of flexibility.

   Internally uses the pkill command and sends signal 9 (the unblockable KILL signal).

EXIT STATUS

   The exit status codes from parallel-nuke are as follows:

   0      Success

   1      Miscellaneous error

   2      Syntax or usage error

   3      At least one process was killed by a signal or timed out.

   4      All processes completed, but at least one ssh process reported an error (exit status 255).

   5      There were no ssh errors, but at least one remote command had a non-zero exit status.

AUTHORS

   Written by Brent N. Chun <bnc@theether.org> and Andrew McNabb <amcnabb@mcnabbs.org>.

   https://github.com/lilydjwg/parallel-ssh

SEE ALSO

   ssh(1), ssh_config(5), parallel-ssh(1), parallel-scp(1), parallel-rsync(1), parallel-slurp(1),

                                                                                   January 24, 2012                                                                       parallel-nuke(1)