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NAME

        kill - send a signal to a process

SYNOPSIS

        kill [ -signal | -s signal ] pid ...
        kill [ -L | -V, --version ]
        kill -l  [ signal ]

DESCRIPTION

        The  default  signal  for  kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available
        signals.  Particularly useful signals include  HUP,  INT,  KILL,  STOP,
        CONT,  and  0.   Alternate  signals  may be specified in three ways: -9
        -SIGKILL -KILL.  Negative PID values may be used to choose  whole  pro‐
        cess  groups;  see the PGID column in ps command output. A PID of -1 is
        special; it indicates all processes except the kill process itself  and
        init.

SIGNALS

        The  signals  listed  below  may  be available for use with kill.  When
        known constant, numbers and default behavior are shown.
 
        Name     Num   Action    Description
        0          0   n/a       exit code indicates if a signal may be sent
        ALRM      14   exit
        HUP        1   exit
        INT        2   exit
        KILL       9   exit      this signal may not be blocked
        PIPE      13   exit
        POLL           exit
        PROF           exit
        TERM      15   exit
        USR1           exit
        USR2           exit
        VTALRM         exit
        STKFLT         exit      may not be implemented
        PWR            ignore    may exit on some systems
        WINCH          ignore
        CHLD           ignore
        URG            ignore
        TSTP           stop      may interact with the shell
        TTIN           stop      may interact with the shell
        TTOU           stop      may interact with the shell
        STOP           stop      this signal may not be blocked
        CONT           restart   continue if stopped, otherwise ignore
        ABRT       6   core
        FPE        8   core
        ILL        4   core
        QUIT       3   core
        SEGV      11   core
        TRAP       5   core
        SYS            core      may not be implemented
        EMT            core      may not be implemented
        BUS            core      core dump may fail
        XCPU           core      core dump may fail
        XFSZ           core      core dump may fail

NOTES

        Your shell (command line interpreter) may have a built-in kill command.
        You  may  need  to run the command described here as /bin/kill to solve
        the conflict.

EXAMPLES

        kill -9 -1
               Kill all processes you can kill.
 
        kill -l 11
               Translate number 11 into a signal name.
 
        kill -L
               List the available signal choices in a nice table.
 
        kill 123 543 2341 3453
               Send the default signal, SIGTERM, to all those processes.
        pkill(1), skill(1), kill(2), renice(1), nice(1), signal(7), killall(1).

STANDARDS

        This  command  meets  appropriate  standards. The -L flag is Linux-spe‐
        cific.

AUTHOR

        Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> wrote kill in 1999  to  replace  a
        bsdutils one that was not standards compliant. The util-linux one might
        also work correctly.
 
        Please send bug reports to <procps-feedback@lists.sf.net>