.\" SCCSID: @(#)kill.1 8.1 9/11/90 .\" SCCSID: @(#)kill.1 8.1 9/11/90 .TH kill 1 .SH Name kill \- send a signal to a process .SH Syntax .B kill [\-\fIsig\fR\|] \fIprocessid...\fR .br .B kill .B \-l .SH Description .NXR "kill command (general)" .NXR "process" "terminating" .NXAM "kill command (general)" "kill system call" The .PN kill command sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the specified processes. If a signal name or number preceded by `\-' is given as first argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate. For further information, see .MS sigvec 2 . .PP The terminate signal kills processes that do not catch the signal; `kill \-9 ...' is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be caught. By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members in the process group (that is, processes resulting from the current login) are signaled. This works only if you use .MS sh 1 and not if you use .MS csh 1 . .NXR "kill command (general)" "restricted To kill a process it must either belong to you or you must be superuser. .PP The process number of an asynchronous process started with `&' is reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be found by using .MS csh 1 . It allows job specifiers ``%...'' so process ID's are not as often used as .PN kill arguments. See .MS csh 1 for details. .SH Options .IP \fB\-l\fR 5 Lists signal names. The signal names are listed by `kill \-l', and are as given in /usr/include/signal.h, stripped of the common SIG prefix. .SH See Also csh(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigvec(2)
