KILLALL(1)

NAME
killall - kill processes by name

SYNOPSIS
killall [-signal] name ...
killall [-l]

DESCRIPTION
killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is sent.

When using the -l option, killall lists all known signal names. Signals can be specified either by name (e.g. -HUP) or by number (e.g. -1).

FILES
/proc	location of the proc file system

SEE ALSO
kill(1), fuser(1), ps(1)

AUTHOR
Werner Almesberger <almesber@bernina.ethz.ch>