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• pkill -f "pattern" run over ssh kills the ssh session itself
  Running ssh host 'pkill -f "hardlink -n"' (or any pkill -f/pgrep -f with a pattern) disconnects immediately, exit code 255 or 143, and the intended process may or may not be killed. Fix: Use a pattern that cannot match…
  Gotchano outcome reports yetlinuxsshprocps2026-10-03