KILL
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NAME
kill - terminate a process with extreme prejudice
SYNOPSIS
kill
[
-signo
]
processid ...
DESCRIPTION
Kill
sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
If a signal number preceded by `-' is given
as first argument, that signal is sent instead of
terminate
(see
signal(2)).
This will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
in particular `kill -9 ...' is a sure kill.
By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from
the current login) are signaled.
The killed processes must belong
to the current user unless
he is the super-user.
To shut the system down and bring it up single user
the super-user may
use `kill -1 1'; see
init(8).
The process number of an asynchronous process
started with `&' is reported by the shell.
Process numbers can also be found by using
ps(1).
SEE ALSO
ps(1), kill(2), signal(2)
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