KILL(1)                                                   KILL(1)



     NAME
          kill - terminate a process

     SYNOPSIS
          kill [ -signo ] PID ...

     DESCRIPTION
          kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified 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
          example, 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 Programmer's Reference Manual.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3























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