#!/usr/bin/env python import os import time import commands #Launching application from the script os.system("/usr/share/applauncherd-testscripts/signal-forward/fala_sf_qt.sh &") time.sleep(3) st, op = commands.getstatusoutput("pgrep fala_ft_hello") #Killing application with a signal 11 (Segmentation Fault) commands.getoutput("kill -6 %s" %op) time.sleep(2)