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35 .\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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44 .Nd terminate or signal a process
47 .Op Fl s Ar signal_name
64 utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the
68 Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
70 The options are as follows:
72 .It Fl s Ar signal_name
73 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
76 .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
77 If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
78 the signal name corresponding to
81 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
84 .It Fl Ar signal_number
85 A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
90 The following pids have special meanings:
91 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
93 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
94 to all processes belonging to the user.
97 Some of the more commonly used signals:
98 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
108 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
112 TERM (software termination signal)
115 Some shells may provide a builtin
117 command which is similar or identical to this utility.
125 the processes with pids 142 and 157:
129 Send the hangup signal
131 to the process with pid 507:
133 .Dl "kill -s HUP 507"
135 Terminate the process group with pgid 117:
149 function is expected to be
158 A replacement for the command
162 users should be provided.