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import os
import subprocess

def kill_process_by_name(process_name):
    # Get the list of running processes
    command = "tasklist"
    output = subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True).decode()

    # Look for the process name in the output
    for line in output.splitlines():
        if process_name.lower() in line.lower():
            # Extract the process ID from the line
            process_id = int(line.split()[1])
            
            # Terminate the process
            os.system(f"taskkill /PID {process_id}")

# Example usage
kill_process_by_name("chrome.exe")

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name: generate animation

on:
  # run automatically every 24 hours
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 */12 * * *" 
  
  # allows to manually run the job at any time
  workflow_dispatch:
  
  # run on every push on the main branch
  push:
    branches:
    - main

jobs:
  generate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 10
    
    steps:
      # generates a snake game from a github user (<github_user_name>) contributions graph, output a svg animation at <svg_out_path>
      - name: generate github-contribution-grid-snake.svg
        uses: Platane/snk/svg-only@v3
        with:
          github_user_name: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
          outputs: |
            dist/github-contribution-grid-snake.svg
            dist/github-contribution-grid-snake-dark.svg?palette=github-dark
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          
          
      # push the content of <build_dir> to a branch
      # the content will be available at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<github_user>/<repository>/<target_branch>/<file> , or as github page
      - name: push github-contribution-grid-snake.svg to the output branch
        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v3.1.0
        with:
          target_branch: output
          build_dir: dist
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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