The kill command sends a signal to a process. It is valid only in native mode.
List all known signal numbers, names, and descriptions.
Kill the controlled process.
Send the SIGTERM signal to the listed jobs.
If the –signal option is specified, send the given signal to the listed jobs.
where:
job can be a process ID or can be specified in any of the following ways:
Kill the current job.
Kill the previous job.
Kill job number number.
Kill the job that begins with string.
Kill the job that contains string.
where:
signal is the name of a signal.