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KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1)
kill - send signals to processes, or list signals
kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
kill -l [SIGNAL]...
kill -t [SIGNAL]...
Send signals to processes, or list signals.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
-s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL
specify the name or number of the signal to be sent
-l, --list
list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers
-t, --table
print a table of signal information
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like '1',
or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. PID is an
integer; if negative it identifies a process group.
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually
supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's
documentation for details about the options it supports.
Written by Paul Eggert.
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report kill translation bugs to
<https://translationproject.org/team/>
Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
kill(2)
Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill invocation'
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GNU coreutils 8.29 December 2017 KILL(1)
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