-.TH KILL 1
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-kill \- terminate a process with extreme prejudice
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B kill
-[
-.BR \- sig
-]
-processid ...
-.br
-.B kill
-.B \-l
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Kill
-sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the specified processes.
-If a signal name or number preceded by `\-' is given
-as first argument, that signal is sent instead of
-terminate
-(see
-.IR signal (2)).
-The signal names are listed by
-`kill \-l', and are as given in
-.I /usr/include/signal.h,
-stripped of the common SIG prefix.
-.PP
-The terminate signal will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
-`kill \-9 ...' is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be caught.
-By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
-in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from
-the current login) are signaled (but beware: this works only
-if you use
-.IR sh (1);
-not if you use
-.IR csh (1).)
-The killed processes must belong
-to the current user unless
-he is the super-user.
-.PP
-To shut the system down and bring it up single user
-the super-user may send the initialization process a TERM (terminate)
-signal by `kill 1'; see
-.IR init (8).
-To force
-.I init
-to close and open terminals
-according to what is currently in
-/etc/ttys
-use `kill \-HUP 1' (sending a hangup, signal 1).
-.PP
-The process number of an asynchronous process
-started with `&' is reported by the shell.
-Process numbers can also be found by using
-.I Kill
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+.\" @(#)kill.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 7/27/91
+.\"
+.Dd July 27, 1991
+.Dt KILL 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm kill
+.Nd terminate or signal a process
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm kill
+.Op Fl signal_name
+.Ar pid
+\&...
+.Nm kill
+.Op Fl signal_number
+.Ar pid
+\&...
+.Nm kill
+.Op Fl l
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The kill utility sends the
+.Dv TERM
+signal to the processes specified
+by the pid operand(s).
+.Pp
+Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl l
+List the signal names.
+.It Fl signal_name
+A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
+default
+.Dv TERM .
+The
+.Fl l
+option displays the signal names.
+.It Fl signal_number
+A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
+of the default
+.Dv TERM .
+.El
+.Pp
+Some of the more commonly used signals:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
+.Bl -column XXX TERM
+.It -1 -1 (broadcast to all processes, super-user only)
+.It 0 0 (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group)
+.It 2 INT (interupt)
+.It 3 QUIT (quit)
+.It 6 ABRT (abort)
+.It 9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
+.It 14 ALRM (alarm clock)
+.It 15 TERM (software termination signal)
+.El
+.Ed
+.Pp
+.Nm Kill
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