Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

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.