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KILL(1)                      BSD Reference Manual                      KILL(1)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     k\bki\bil\bll\bl - terminate or signal a process

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bna\bam\bme\be] _\bp_\bi_\bd ...
     k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br] _\bp_\bi_\bd ...
     k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-l\bl]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     The kill utility sends the TERM signal to the processes specified by the
     pid operand(s).

     Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.

     The options are as follows:

     -\b-l\bl      List the signal names.

     -\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bna\bam\bme\be
             A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead
             of the default TERM. The -\b-l\bl option displays the signal names.

     -\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br
             A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent
             instead of the default TERM.

     Some of the more commonly used signals:

           -1     -1      (super-user broadcast to all processes, or user
                          broadcast to user's processes)
           0      0       (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group)
           2      INT     (interrupt)
           3      QUIT    (quit)
           6      ABRT    (abort)
           9      KILL    (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
           14     ALRM    (alarm clock)
           15     TERM    (software termination signal)

     K\bKi\bil\bll\bl is a built-in to csh(1);  it allows job specifiers of the form
     ``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as k\bki\bil\bll\bl argu-
     ments.  See csh(1) for details.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     csh(1),  ps(1),  kill(2),  sigvec(2)

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
     A k\bki\bil\bll\bl command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     A replacement for the command ``kill 0'' for csh(1) users should be pro-
     vided.

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	3	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	4	k\bki\bil\bll\bl - terminate or signal a process
	5
	6	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	7	k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bna\bam\bme\be] _\bp_\bi_\bd ...
	8	k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br] _\bp_\bi_\bd ...
	9	k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-l\bl]
	10
	11	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	12	The kill utility sends the TERM signal to the processes specified by the
	13	pid operand(s).
	14
	15	Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
	16
	17	The options are as follows:
	18
	19	-\b-l\bl List the signal names.
	20
	21	-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bna\bam\bme\be
	22	A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead
	23	of the default TERM. The -\b-l\bl option displays the signal names.
	24
	25	-\b-s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl_\b_n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br
	26	A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent
	27	instead of the default TERM.
	28
	29	Some of the more commonly used signals:
	30
	31	-1 -1 (super-user broadcast to all processes, or user
	32	broadcast to user's processes)
	33	0 0 (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group)
	34	2 INT (interrupt)
	35	3 QUIT (quit)
	36	6 ABRT (abort)
	37	9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
	38	14 ALRM (alarm clock)
	39	15 TERM (software termination signal)
	40
	41	K\bKi\bil\bll\bl is a built-in to csh(1); it allows job specifiers of the form
	42	``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as k\bki\bil\bll\bl argu-
	43	ments. See csh(1) for details.
	44
	45	S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
	46	csh(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigvec(2)
	47
	48	H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
	49	A k\bki\bil\bll\bl command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
	50
	51	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	52	A replacement for the command ``kill 0'' for csh(1) users should be pro-
	53	vided.
	54
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