KILL(1)              INTERACTIVE UNIX System              KILL(1)



          NAME
               kill - terminate a process

          SYNOPSIS
               kill [ -signo ] PID ...

          DESCRIPTION
               The kill command sends signal 15 (terminate) to the speci-
               fied processes.  This will normally kill processes that do
               not catch or ignore the signal.  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).

               The details of the kill are described in kill(2).  For exam-
               ple, if process number 0 is specified, all processes in the
               process group are signaled.

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

               If a signal number preceded by - is given as first argument,
               that signal is sent instead of terminate [see signal(2)].
               In particular, ``kill -9 ...'' is a sure kill.

          SEE ALSO
               ps(1), sh(1).
               kill(2), signal(2) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and
               Programmer's Reference Manual.
























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