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KillProcessByName reaction

  • Published on Aug 27, 2026
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Use this reaction to kill a process by its name.

Arguments

Name

Type

Description

name

String

The name of the process.



Supported versions

Windows

Linux

macOS

3.0 and later

3.0 and later

3.0 and later



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