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Diffstat (limited to 'kill.1')
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ kill \- report process status .TS l l. kill pid ... Send SIGTERM to every process listed. -kill signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. +kill -signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. kill -s signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. kill -l List all signal names. kill -L List all signal names in a nice table. @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ kill -V,--version Show version of program 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 process 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. .SH SIGNALS The signals listed below may be available for use with kill. @@ -75,14 +78,31 @@ You may need to run the command described here as /bin/kill to solve the conflict. .SH EXAMPLES -kill -9 -1 -.br -kill -l 11 -.br -kill -L -.br -kill 123 543 2341 3453 +.SS +.B "kill -9 -1" +.nf +Kill all processes you can kill. +.fi +.PP +.SS +.B "kill -l 11" +.nf +Translate number 11 into a signal name. +.fi +.PP +.SS +.B "kill -L" +.nf +List the available signal choices in a nice table. +.fi +.PP +.SS +.B "kill 123 543 2341 3453" +.nf +Send the default signal, SIGTERM, to all those processes. +.fi +.PP .SH "SEE ALSO" top(1) skill(1) kill(2) renice(1) nice(1) |