kill Command

The kill command sends a signal to a process. It is valid only in native mode.

Syntax

kill -l

List all known signal numbers, names, and descriptions.

kill

Kill the controlled process.

kill job ...

Send the SIGTERM signal to the listed jobs.

kill -signal job ...

Send the given signal to the listed jobs.

where:

job may be a process ID or may be specified in any of the following ways:

%+

Kill the current job.

%-

Kill the previous job.

%number

Kill job number number.

%string

Kill the job that begins with string.

%?string

Kill the job that contains string.

signal is the name of a signal.