kill remote process by ssh [closed] - linux

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I can't directly access target host, need ssh as a proxy.
How can I kill a process from local use ssh ? I try this:
ssh root#$center "ssh root#$ip \"ps -ef|grep -v grep|grep $target_dir/$main|awk '{print \$2}'|xargs kill\""
it got error:
kill: can't find process "root"
And how to avoid error where process not exist ?

Answer 1

Suppose your process' name is name, then you can try something like this:
ssh hostname "pid=\$(ps aux | grep 'name' | awk '{print \$2}' | head -1); echo \$pid |xargs kill"

Answer 2

Use pkill -f to easily kill a process by matching its command-line.
ssh root#$center ssh root#$ip pkill -f "$target_dir/$main"