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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.

4.4BSD                           May 31, 1993                                1