January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Name
kill
Synopsis
kill [option]IDs
This is the /bin/kill command; there is also a
shell command of the same name that works similarly. Send a signal to
terminate one or more process IDs. You must own
the process or be a privileged user. If no signal is specified,
TERM is sent.
Options
-
-l List the signal names. (Used by itself.)
-
-ssignal Send signal signal to the given process or process group. The signal number (from
/usr/include/sys/signal.h) or name (fromkill-l). With a signal number of 9, the kill is absolute.-
-signal Send signal signal to the given process or process group.