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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 an 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.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright ? 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
RELATED
kill(2)
The full documentation for kill is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and kill programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info kill
should give you access to the complete manual.
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