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KILL(1)                          User Commands                         KILL(1)

NAME

kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS

kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID... kill -l [SIGNAL]... kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION

Send signals to processes, or list signals. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL specify the name or number of the signal to be sent -l, --list list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers -t, --table print a table of signal information --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like '1', or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group. NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

kill(2) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill invocation' GNU coreutils 9.1 April 2022 KILL(1) KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1)

NAME

kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS

kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID... kill -l [SIGNAL]... kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION

Send signals to processes, or list signals. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL specify the name or number of the signal to be sent -l, --list list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers -t, --table print a table of signal information --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like '1', or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group. NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

kill(2) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill invocation' GNU coreutils 9.1 April 2022 KILL(1)

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