| 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) |