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kill - send signals to processes, or list signals
kill [-s SIGNAL
| -SIGNAL] PID...
kill -l [SIGNAL]...
kill -t [SIGNAL]...
Send signals to processes, or list signals.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL
- specify the name or number of the signal to be
sent
- -l, --list
- list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers
- -t, --table
- print a table of signal information
- --help
- display this help and
exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
SIGNAL may be a signal
name like ‘HUP’, or a signal number like ‘1’, or an exit status of a process
terminated by a signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process
group.
Written by Paul Eggert.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for kill is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and kill programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info kill
should give you access to the complete manual.
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