cite about-plugin about-plugin 'Helper functions for Ruby on Rails' # Quick function to kill a daemonized Rails server function killrails() { about 'Searches for a daemonized Rails server in tmp/pids and attempts to kill it.' group 'rails' railsPid="$(cat tmp/pids/server.pid)" if [ ! -z "$railsPid" ]; then echo "[OK] Rails Server Process Id : ${railsPid}" kill -9 $railsPid echo "[OK] Process Killed" else echo "[FAIL] Error killing Rails server" return 1 fi }