KILL(1)
NAME
kill − terminate a process with extreme prejudice
SYNOPSIS
kill [ −signo ] processid ...
DESCRIPTION
Kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes. If a signal number preceded by ’−’ is given as first argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate (see signal(2)). This will kill processes that do not catch the signal; in particular ’kill −9 ...’ is a sure kill.
By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from the current login) are signaled.
The killed processes must belong to the current user unless he is the superuser. To shut the system down to single user mode use the operator services program. Refer to Chapter 5 of the ULTRIX-11 System Management Guide for operator services program information.
The process number of an asynchronous process started with ’&’ is reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be found by using ps(1).