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+#!/usr/bin/env groovy
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Install the voltctl command by branch name "voltha-xx"
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+String getIam(String func) {
+    // Cannot rely on a stack trace due to jenkins manipulation
+    String src = 'vars/pkill_port_forward.groovy'
+    String iam = [src, func].join('::')
+    return iam
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Intent: Log progress message
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void enter(String name) {
+    // Announce ourselves for log usability
+    String iam = getIam(name)
+    println("${iam}: ENTER")
+    return
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Intent: Log progress message
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void leave(String name) {
+    // Announce ourselves for log usability
+    String iam = getIam(name)
+    println("${iam}: LEAVE")
+    return
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Intent: Terminate a process by name.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Note: Due to an exception casting GString to java.lang.string:
+//   - Used for parameterized construction of a command line with args
+//   - Passed to jenkins sh("${cmd}")
+//   - Command line invoked is currently hardcoded.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Boolean process(String proc, Map args) {
+    Boolean ans = true
+    String  iam = getIam('process')
+
+    println("** ${iam}: args passed: ${args}")
+
+    String cmd = [
+        'pkill',
+        '--uid', '$(id -u)', // no stray signals
+        '--list-full',
+        '--full',  // hmmm: conditional use (?)
+        "'${proc}",
+    ]
+
+    if (args['banner']) {
+        print("""
+** -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+** Running: $cmd
+** -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+""")
+    }
+
+    if (args['show_procs']) {
+        sh(
+            label  : 'Display port forwarding (pre-pgrep-pkill)',
+            script : """
+pgrep --uid \$(uid -u) --list-full --full 'port-forw'
+""")
+    }
+
+    sh(
+        label  : 'Display port forwarding',
+        // script : ${cmd}.toString(),  -> Exception
+        script : """
+echo -e "\n** ${iam} [DEBUG]: pgrep-pkill check"
+if [[ \$(pgrep --count 'port-forw') -gt 0 ]]; then
+    pkill --uid \$(uid -u) --echo --list-full --full 'port-forw'
+fi
+""")
+
+    return(ans)
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Install: Display a list of port-forwarding processes.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// groovylint-disable-next-line None, UnusedMethodParameter
+Boolean call\
+(
+    String  proc,             // name of process or arguments to terminate
+    Map     args=[:],
+    Boolean filler = true     // Groovy, why special case list comma handling (?)
+) {
+    Boolean ans = true
+
+    try {
+        enter('main')
+
+        // Assign defaults
+        ['banner', 'show_procs'].each{ key->
+            if (!args.containsKey(key)) {
+                args[key] = true
+            }
+        }
+
+        process(proc, args)
+    }
+    catch (Exception err) {  // groovylint-disable-line CatchException
+        ans = false
+        println("** ${iam}: EXCEPTION ${err}")
+        throw err
+    }
+    finally {
+        enter('main')
+    }
+
+    return(ans)
+}
+
+/* groovylint-disable */
+
+// [SEE ALSO]
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+//   o String cmd = [ ... ].join('') -- GString cannot cast to java.String
+//   o https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60304068/artifactory-in-jenkins-pipeline-org-codehaus-groovy-runtime-gstringimpl-cannot
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// [TODO] - Combine pkill_proc and pkill_proc
+//    - Usage: do_proc(pkill=true, pkill=true, args='proc-forward', cmd='kubectl'
+//      o When kill == grep == true: display procs, terminate, recheck: fatal if procs detected
+//      o cmd && args (or command containing args) (or list of patterns passed)
+//        - pass arg --full to match entire command line.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// [EOF]