kill matlab process in task manager using python

Question

Every now and then, I run into this problem: my python script calls matlab, runs a simulation and closes matlab. Sometimes, matlab does not close properly. then, i run batch script that builds Visual studio dll/lib , which unfortunately are held up by matlab.

Is there a way to find process id for Matlab using python and then kill it.
I can then add this to end of my python script to safely close matlab.
Thanks
sedy

Answer 1

To kill all processes containing "matlab" in its name you can use

import os
import psutil

allMatlabIds = [p.pid for p in psutil.process_iter() if "matlab" in str(p.name)]
MatlabIdsToKill = [x for x in allMatlabIds if x != os.getpid()]
for MatlabId in MatlabIdsToKill:
    os.kill(MatlabId, signal.SIGINT)