


KILL(1)		Linux Programmer's Manual		KILL(1)


NNAAMMEE
       kill - terminate a process with extreme prejudice

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       kkiillll [[ --signal ]] pid ...
       kkiillll --ll

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       kkiillll  sends the specified signal to the specified process.
       If no signal is specified, the TERM signal is  sent.   The
       TERM  signal  will  kill processes which do not catch this
       signal.	For other processes, if may be necessary  to  use
       the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.

       Most modern shells have a builtin kill function.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --ll and --??
	      Print  a	list of signal names.  These are found in
	      _/_u_s_r_/_i_n_c_l_u_d_e_/_l_i_n_u_x_/_s_i_g_n_a_l_._h

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       bbaasshh(1), ttccsshh(1), kkiillll(2), ssiiggvveecc(2)

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Peter MacDonald































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