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.\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 28, 1995
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.Dt KILL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kill
.Nd terminate or signal a process
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.Op Fl s Ar signal_name
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.Ar pid ...
.Nm
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.Fl l
.Op Ar exit_status
.Nm
.Fl Ar signal_name
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.Ar pid ...
.Nm
.Fl Ar signal_number
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.Ar pid ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
.Nm
utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the
.Ar pid
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operands.
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.Pp
Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl s Ar signal_name
A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
default
.Dv TERM .
.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
the signal name corresponding to
.Ar exit_status .
.It Fl Ar signal_name
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A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
default
.Dv TERM .
.It Fl Ar signal_number
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A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
of the default
.Dv TERM .
.El
.Pp
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The following PIDs have special meanings:
.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It -1
If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
to all processes belonging to the user.
.El
.Pp
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Some of the more commonly used signals:
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.Pp
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It 1
HUP (hang up)
.It 2
INT (interrupt)
.It 3
QUIT (quit)
.It 6
ABRT (abort)
.It 9
KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
.It 14
ALRM (alarm clock)
.It 15
TERM (software termination signal)
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.El
.Pp
Some shells may provide a builtin
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.Nm
command which is similar or identical to this utility.
Consult the
.Xr builtin 1
manual page.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
Terminate
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the processes with PIDs 142 and 157:
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.Pp
.Dl "kill 142 157"
.Pp
Send the hangup signal
.Pq Dv SIGHUP
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to the process with PID 507:
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.Pp
.Dl "kill -s HUP 507"
.Pp
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Terminate the process group with PGID 117:
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.Pp
.Dl "kill -- -117"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr builtin 1 ,
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr killall 1 ,
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.Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr kill 2 ,
.Xr sigaction 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
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utility is expected to be
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.St -p1003.2
compatible.
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.Sh HISTORY
A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
.At v3 .
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.Sh BUGS
A replacement for the command
.Dq Li kill 0
for
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.Xr csh 1
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users should be provided.