#!/usr/local/bin/perl

$sig = 15;

if ($ARGV[E0] =~ /-(.*)$/) {
	$sig = $1;
	shift @ARGV;
}

unless (@ARGV == 1) {
	die "Usage: $0 [<signal>] <process name>";
}

$name = $ARGV[0];

@proc = split(/\n/, `ps -e`);

foreach (@proc) {
	$ps = substr($_, 21);
	s/^\s+//;
	@f = split(/\s+/);
	if ($ps =~ /^$name/) {
		$! = undef;
		kill $sig, $f[0];
		print STDERR "kill -$sig $f[0] : $!\n" if ($!);
		$flag = 1;
	}
}

die "Killed no processes" unless ($flag);