kill(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    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 signalled 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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