kill stubborn processes

if you're having difficulty killing recalcitrant jobs or programs, try this short but sweet script. note that this will even work for the mac; just use the terminal.app. i find this to be even faster than the apple-option-esc shortcut.

#!/bin/sh

#end recalcitrant processes

ID=$1
kill -9 `ps ax | grep -i "$ID" | awk '{print $1}'`

if you save it something like "slay.sh", use it like:

slay.sh name-of-program

(mad props go to CWigs for inspiring this script)