kill(1)                    (Essential Utilities)                    kill(1)


   NAME
         kill - terminate a process by default

   SYNOPSIS
         kill [-signal] pid...
         kill -signal -pgid...
         kill -l

   DESCRIPTION
         kill sends a signal to the specified processes.  The value of signal
         may be numeric or symbolic. [see signal(5)].  The symbolic signal
         name is the name as it appears in /usr/include/sys/signal.h, with the
         SIG prefix stripped off.  Signal 15 (SIGTERM) is sent by default;
         this will normally kill processes that do not catch or ignore the
         signal.

         pid and pgid are unsigned numeric strings that identify which
         process(es) should receive the signal.  If pid is used, the process
         with process ID pid is selected.  If pgid is used, all processes with
         process group ID pgid are selected.

         The process number 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 can also be found by using
         ps(1).

         When invoked with the -l option, kill will print a list of symbolic
         signal names.  The 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 signalled process must belong to the current user unless the user
         is the super-user.

   SEE ALSO
         ps(1), sh(1).
         kill(2), signal(2), signal(5) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.















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