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  • at least the kill -9 part seems wrong (doesn't kill subprocesses) Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51
  • Why do I get [: missing `]' when using the first way? Commented Jul 11, 2015 at 0:52
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    /proc/$PID/exe is not a regular file. So, [ -f /proc/$PID/exe ] will always returns a false result. Try [ -h /proc/$PID/exe ]. Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 13:41