Help w FOR Loop in Batch File 1

[tobjob]

I am trying to take the PID output of the tasklist command and send it to the taskkill command. I have successfully createed a FOR loop to go through the values of the tasklist command and echo out the PID of the process. Mstsc.exe is used as just an example process to kill.

for /F "tokens=2 skip=3" %%A in ('tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq mstsc.exe"') do echo %%A

The issue is when I try to add the taskkill command to the do portion of the for loop.

for /F "tokens=2 skip=3" %%A in ('tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq mstsc.exe"') do taskill /F /PID %%A.

When I execute the for loop in a batch file it does not recognize the taskkill command. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[vacunita]

Your call to taskkill is missing a K that's why its not recognized.

 do [b]tas[red]k[/red]ill[/b] /F /PID %%A.  

should be:

tas[red]kk[/red]ill

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[xwb]

Note that tasklist and taskkill only work on the Prof version. They don't work on the home version.

 

[tobjob]

Thanks for pointing out what should have been obvious...

It works now that I have spelled taskkill correctly.

 

[Diancecht]

Also note that taskkill accepts the same parameters as tasklist so I think a simple

'taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq mstsc.exe"

would do the trick.

Cheers,
Dian