kill
(1g)
Name
kill - send signals to processes, or list signals
Synopsis
kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
kill -l [SIGNAL]...
kill -t [SIGNAL]...
Description
User Commands KILL(1)
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 num-
bers
-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 the exit status of a process terminated by a
signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a
process group.
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which
usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer
to your shell's documentation for details about the options
it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report kill bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
utils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
elp/>
Report kill translation bugs to <http://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
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User Commands KILL(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
kill(2)
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 coreutils 'kill invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/coreutils/.
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