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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)kill.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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1994-09-24 02:59:15 +00:00
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.\" $Id$
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1994-05-26 06:18:55 +00:00
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.\"
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.Dd May 31, 1993
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.Dt KILL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kill
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.Nd terminate or signal a process
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm kill
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.Op Fl signal_name
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.Ar pid
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\&...
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.Nm kill
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.Op Fl signal_number
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.Ar pid
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\&...
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.Nm kill
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.Op Fl l
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The kill utility sends the
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.Dv TERM
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signal to the processes specified
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by the pid operand(s).
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.Pp
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Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl l
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List the signal names.
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.It Fl signal_name
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A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
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default
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.Dv TERM .
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The
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.Fl l
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option displays the signal names.
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.It Fl signal_number
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A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
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of the default
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.Dv TERM .
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.El
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.Pp
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Some of the more commonly used signals:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
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.Bl -column XXX TERM
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.It -1 -1 (super-user broadcast to all processes, or user broadcast
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to user's processes)
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.It 0 0 (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group)
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.It 2 INT (interrupt)
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.It 3 QUIT (quit)
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.It 6 ABRT (abort)
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.It 9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
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.It 14 ALRM (alarm clock)
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.It 15 TERM (software termination signal)
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.El
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Nm Kill
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is a built-in to
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.Xr csh 1 ;
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it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
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so process id's are not as often used as
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.Nm kill
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arguments.
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See
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.Xr csh 1
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for details.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr ps 1 ,
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr sigvec 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm kill
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command appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Sh BUGS
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A replacement for the command
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.Dq Li kill 0
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for
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.Xr csh 1
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users should be provided.
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