title: how to kill python program with exact program name?
body: <p>i wanted to kill a python program using linux command pkill -f &quot;a.py&quot;, but this also kills other program with similar name.</p>
  <p>for example:
  if i want to kill a.py using command <code>pkill -f &quot;a.py&quot;</code>. It also kills a program with name ab.py</p>