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Name

kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

Synopsis

kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
kill -l [SIGNAL]...
kill -t [SIGNAL]...

Description

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.

Author

Written by Paul Eggert.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

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.

See Also

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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