kill(1)                                                      kill(1)


       NAME
             kill - send a signal to a process

       SYNOPSIS
             kill [-s signal] pid . . .
             kill -l [status]
             kill [-signal] pid . . .

       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 is either an unsigned or negative integer that identifies
             which process(es) should receive the signal.  If pid is
             unsigned, the process with process ID pid is selected.  If pid
             is preceded by a negative sign (-), all processes with process
             group ID pid are selected.

             For example, if pid is 0, all processes in the process group
             are signaled.

             The signaled process must belong to the current user unless
             the user is a privileged user.

             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).

          Options
             -s signal   Send signal to the selected processes.

             -l [status] If status is null, print a list of symbolic signal
                         names that may be used as signal. If status is not
                         null, it is either a return status from a process
                         terminated by a signal (stored in the ?
                         environment variable for the most recently
                         completed process), or a signal number. In both
                         cases the symbolic name of the matching signal is
                         printed.



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      kill(1)                                                      kill(1)


            -signal     This option is the same as -s signal.

         Files
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
                  language-specific message file [see LANG on environ(5)].

      REFERENCES
            kill(2), ps(1), sh(1), signal(2), signal(5)

      NOTICES
            The -signal usage is for backward compatibility, and may not
            be supported in future releases.  It should therefore be
            avoided.



































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