KILL(1)                  DOMAIN/IX SYS5                   KILL(1)



NAME
     kill - terminate a process

USAGE
     kill [ - signo ] PID ...

DESCRIPTION
     Kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes,
     unless an alternate signal is indicated.  If no - signo
     (signal number) argument is supplied, all specified
     processes that do not catch or ignore the signal are
     stopped.

     The Shell usually reports the process number of each asyn-
     chronous process beginning with an ampersand (&).  If more
     than one process is started in a pipeline, however, the
     number of the last process in the pipeline is reported.
     Process numbers can also be found by using ps(1).

     More detailed information about process termination is found
     in kill(2).  Alternate signals that may be specified in -
     signo are described in signal(2).

EXAMPLES
     To signal process 51 with an interrupt (2 is the signal gen-
     erated):

          # kill -2 51


     To signal all processes in the process group to terminate
     (with the exception of the log-in Shell):

          kill 0

CAUTIONS
     Only the current owner of a process or the super-user may
     kill a process.

RELATED INFORMATION
     ps(1), sh(1).  kill(2), signal(2).












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