kill a processb from matlab

hello all

i have got the process id [pid] of an external process.

what is the syntax to kill that process using the pid.

i want to kill using pid not by process name from matlab

Answer 1

[Selva Karna]

from command window enter key word : cntorl +C

[Walter Roberson]

That cannot be used to kill a particular process using its PID.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

pid = whatever number

if ispc
    cmd = sprintf('taskkill /PID %d', pid);
else
    cmd = sprintf('kill %d', pid);
end

system(cmd)

[Sajid Afaque]

ERROR: The process with PID 9448 could not be terminated.

Reason: This process can only be terminated forcefully (with /F option).

i am getting the above error

[Walter Roberson]

pid = whatever number
if ispc
    cmd = sprintf('taskkill /F /PID %d', pid);
else
    cmd = sprintf('kill %d', pid);
end
system(cmd)

[Juan Troya]

I get this error

Using Matlab R2018B

Error using TaskKill

Too many input arguments.

MATLAB:TooManyInputs

Error: Too many input arguments.

[Walter Roberson]

@Juan Troya

What code are you using? The code I posted does not use any MATLAB function named TaskKill