kill(1)                                                   kill(1)



NAME
     kill - terminates a process

SYNOPSIS
     kill [-sig] pid...

ARGUMENTS
     pid  Specifies the process identification number (pid) of
          the process to be killed.

     -sig Sends the corresponding signal instead of terminate
          (see signal(3)),ifthe -sig option is given.  In
          particular kill -9...  is the surest kill; especially
          with NFS, the 9 signal does not always destroy the
          process.

DESCRIPTION
     kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
     This will normally kill processes that do not catch or
     ignore the signal.  The process number (pid) of each
     asynchronous process started with & is reported by the shell
     (unless more than one process is started in a pipeline, in
     which case the number of the last process in the pipeline is
     reported).  Process numbers may also be found by using ps.

     Details of the kill are described in kill(2).  For example,
     if process number 0 is specified, all processes in the
     process group are signaled.

     The to-be-killed process must belong to the current user
     unless he is the superuser.

     Similar versions of kill are built into ksh(1) and csh(1).

EXAMPLES
     The command:

        kill 24068

     sends signal 15 to the process with the ID number 24068.

FILES
     /bin/kill
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     ps(1), sh(1), csh(1), ksh(1)

     kill(2), signal(3) in A/UX Programmer's Reference






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