kill(1)               UNIX System V(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 signaled 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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