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+#! /bin/sh
+
+case $1 in
+    -*) signal=$1; shift;;
+esac
+if [ $# = 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [-<signal>] <process>"
+    echo 'Kills the process "kdeinit: <process> with signal <signal>"'
+	echo "if <signal> is not specified, it defaults to SIGTERM,"
+	echo "see kill -l for a list of possible signals"
+else
+    list=$(ps auwx | grep $USER | awk "/[k]deinit: $1/ {print \$2}")
+    if test -z "$list"; then
+        # on newer Linux kernels (>= 2.6.10) KDE is able to use 
+        # prctl(PR_SET_NAME) to change the process name...
+        list=$(ps auwx | grep $USER | awk "/\[kdeinit\] $1/ {print \$2}")
+    fi
+    if test -z "$list"; then
+        # with KDE 3.4 we changed the view again...
+        list=$(ps auwx | grep $USER | awk "/$1 \[kdeinit\]/ {print \$2}")
+    fi
+    if test -n "$list"; then 
+        kill $signal $list
+    else
+        echo 'No process killed'
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi