Name
kill
Synopsis
kill [options]IDs
Terminate each specified process ID or job ID. You must own the process or be a privileged user. This built-in command is similar to /usr/bin/kill, described in Chapter 3. See the section Job Control in Job Control.
Options
- -l
List the signal names and numbers. (Used by itself.)
- -n num
Send the given signal number.
- -s name
Send the given signal name.
- -signal
The signal number or name (from kill -l or /usr/include/sys/signal.h). With a signal number of 9, the kill is absolute.
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