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[Explore Stack Internal](https://stackoverflow.co/internal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=superuser-community&utm_campaign=side-bar&utm_content=explore-teams-compact-popover) # [Kill all Screen Sessions with Same Name](https://superuser.com/questions/1090752/kill-all-screen-sessions-with-same-name) [Ask Question](https://superuser.com/questions/ask) Asked 9 years, 9 months ago Modified [3 years, 1 month ago](https://superuser.com/questions/1090752/kill-all-screen-sessions-with-same-name?lastactivity "2023-02-15 13:58:52Z") Viewed 3k times 2 I have multiple screen sessions with the same name due to a bug. How can I remove these all in 1 command without affecting other screen sessions? I used the command from this post: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session> However it only prints out the sessions and doesn't remove them: What can I do to remove these sessions in 1 go without affecting other sessions? 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[stackoverflow.com/questions/14447131/…](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14447131/kill-all-detached-screen-sessions "kill all detached screen sessions") NetworkKingPin – [NetworkKingPin](https://superuser.com/users/515502/networkkingpin "2,560 reputation") 2016-06-18 09:27:50 +00:00 Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 9:27 - Oo that is very similar. Is there a modified version to kill via the screen nam rather than the Pid? Because the Pid is different every time. That looks like it would remove all? Jack – [Jack](https://superuser.com/users/607635/jack "123 reputation") 2016-06-18 09:30:12 +00:00 Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 9:30 - Are they always detached? NetworkKingPin – [NetworkKingPin](https://superuser.com/users/515502/networkkingpin "2,560 reputation") 2016-06-18 09:38:05 +00:00 Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 9:38 - Yes they are always detached Jack – [Jack](https://superuser.com/users/607635/jack "123 reputation") 2016-06-18 09:43:11 +00:00 Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 9:43 - Have you tried this `screen -ls | grep Detached | cut -d. -f1 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill` NetworkKingPin – [NetworkKingPin](https://superuser.com/users/515502/networkkingpin "2,560 reputation") 2016-06-18 09:43:56 +00:00 Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 9:43 \| [Show **5** more comments](https://superuser.com/questions/1090752/kill-all-screen-sessions-with-same-name "Expand to show all comments on this post") ## 1 Answer 1 Sorted by: [Reset to default](https://superuser.com/questions/1090752/kill-all-screen-sessions-with-same-name?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) 1 Here is what i used to kill all the screens named my\_screens\_to\_kill\_named\_the\_same: ``` # Checking if there are some screen named if screen -list | grep -q "my_screens_to_kill_named_the_same"; then # Get the list of id of screens named ids_to_kill="$(screen -ls | awk '/\.my_screens_to_kill_named_the_same\t/' | awk '{print strtonum($1)}')" # Loop on that list and kill all the screens named for id_to_kill in ${ids_to_kill} do screen -X -S "$id_to_kill" quit done fi ``` [Share](https://superuser.com/a/1767964 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://superuser.com/posts/1767964/edit) Follow [edited Feb 15, 2023 at 13:58](https://superuser.com/posts/1767964/revisions "show all edits to this post") [](https://superuser.com/users/1233794/darkdiamond) [DarkDiamond](https://superuser.com/users/1233794/darkdiamond) 1,9171111 gold badges1616 silver badges2222 bronze badges answered Feb 10, 2023 at 13:13 [](https://superuser.com/users/1772087/8oris) [8oris](https://superuser.com/users/1772087/8oris) 11133 bronze badges 1 - As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. 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2 I have multiple screen sessions with the same name due to a bug. How can I remove these all in 1 command without affecting other screen sessions? I used the command from this post: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1509677/kill-detached-screen-session> However it only prints out the sessions and doesn't remove them: What can I do to remove these sessions in 1 go without affecting other sessions? Thank you [](https://superuser.com/users/-1/community) asked Jun 18, 2016 at 9:09 [](https://superuser.com/users/607635/jack) 10 1 Here is what i used to kill all the screens named my\_screens\_to\_kill\_named\_the\_same: ``` # Checking if there are some screen named if screen -list | grep -q "my_screens_to_kill_named_the_same"; then # Get the list of id of screens named ids_to_kill="$(screen -ls | awk '/\.my_screens_to_kill_named_the_same\t/' | awk '{print strtonum($1)}')" # Loop on that list and kill all the screens named for id_to_kill in ${ids_to_kill} do screen -X -S "$id_to_kill" quit done fi ``` [](https://superuser.com/users/1233794/darkdiamond) [DarkDiamond](https://superuser.com/users/1233794/darkdiamond) 1,91711 gold badges16 silver badges22 bronze badges answered Feb 10, 2023 at 13:13 [](https://superuser.com/users/1772087/8oris) 1 ## You must [log in](https://superuser.com/users/login?ssrc=question_page&returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsuperuser.com%2Fquestions%2F1090752) to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. [Ask question](https://superuser.com/questions/ask) Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.