NAME

kill − terminate a process

SYNOPSIS

kill [ −signo ] processid ... 

DESCRIPTION

Kills the specified processes.  The process number of each asynchronous process started with ‘&’ is reported by the Shell.  Process numbers can also be found by using ps (I).  If process number 0 is used, then all processes belonging to the current user and associated with the same control typewriter are killed. 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 kill (see "signal (II))."

SEE ALSO

ps (I), sh (I), signal (II)

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