[bash] kill process id by search process name

ps -ax | grep geany | awk ‘{print “kill -9 ” $1}’ | sh
kill -9 ps -ax | grep gedit | awk '{print $1}'

Reference:

• How to get PID of process by specifying process name and store it in a variable to use further?
• Find and kill a process in one line using bash and regex
• How to kill multiple processes at once with grep