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.TH KILL 1 
.SH NAME
kill \- terminate a process with extreme prejudice
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kill
[
.BR \- signo
]
processid ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Kill
sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
If a signal number preceded by `\-' is given
as first argument, that signal is sent instead of
terminate
(see
.IR  signal (2)).
This will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
in particular `kill \-9 ...' is a sure kill.
.PP
By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from 
the current login) are signaled.
.PP
The killed processes must belong
to the current user unless
he is the super-user.
To shut the system down and bring it up single user
the super-user may
use `kill \-1 1'; see
.IR init (8).
.PP
The process number of an asynchronous process
started with `&' is reported by the shell.
Process numbers can also be found by using
.IR ps (1).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ps(1), kill(2), signal(2)
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e6817382 BJ	1	.TH KILL 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	kill \- terminate a process with extreme prejudice
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B kill
	6	[
	7	.BR \- signo
	8	]
	9	processid ...
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Kill
	12	sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
	13	If a signal number preceded by `\-' is given
	14	as first argument, that signal is sent instead of
	15	terminate
	16	(see
	17	.IR signal (2)).
	18	This will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
	19	in particular `kill \-9 ...' is a sure kill.
	20	.PP
	21	By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
	22	in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from
	23	the current login) are signaled.
	24	.PP
	25	The killed processes must belong
	26	to the current user unless
	27	he is the super-user.
	28	To shut the system down and bring it up single user
	29	the super-user may
	30	use `kill \-1 1'; see
	31	.IR init (8).
	32	.PP
	33	The process number of an asynchronous process
	34	started with `&' is reported by the shell.
	35	Process numbers can also be found by using
	36	.IR ps (1).
	37	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	38	ps(1), kill(2), signal(2)