Kill process (Perl)

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# This code terminates the specified process.

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;

# ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
$intPID = 2104; # PID of the process to terminate
$strComputer = '.';
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
print "Process PID: $intPID\n";
$objWMIProcess = Win32::OLE->GetObject('winmgmts:\\\\' . $strComputer . '\\root\\cimv2:Win32_Process.Handle=\'' . $intPID . '\'');
print 'Process name: ' . $objWMIProcess->Name, "\n";
$intRC = $objWMIProcess->Terminate();
if ($intRC == 0) {
    print "Successfully killed process.\n";
}
else {
    print 'Could not kill process. Error code: ' . $intRC, "\n";
}

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