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diff --git a/man/skill.1 b/man/skill.1 index 8ef7683..05d1c7c 100644 --- a/man/skill.1 +++ b/man/skill.1 @@ -21,15 +21,19 @@ skill, snice \- send a signal or report process status .I expression .SH DESCRIPTION These tools are obsolete and unportable. The command syntax is -poorly defined. Consider using the killall, pkill, and pgrep +poorly defined. Consider using the +.BR killall , +.BR pkill , +and +.B pgrep commands instead. .PP -The default signal for skill is TERM. Use \-l or \-L to list +The default signal for \fBskill\fP is TERM. Use \fB\-l\fP or \fB\-L\fP 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. +ways: \fB\-9\fP \fB\-SIGKILL\fP \fB\-KILL\fP. .PP -The default priority for snice is +4. Priority numbers range from +The default priority for \fBsnice\fP is +4. Priority numbers range from +20 (slowest) to \-20 (fastest). Negative priority numbers are restricted to administrative users. .SH OPTIONS @@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ The next expression is a command name. Match the processes that belong to the same namespace as pid. .TP \fB\-\-nslist \fIns,...\fR -list which namespaces will be considered for the --ns option. +list which namespaces will be considered for the \fB\-\-ns\fP option. Available namespaces: ipc, mnt, net, pid, user, uts. .PD .SH SIGNALS @@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ manual page. .SH EXAMPLES .TP .B snice -c seti -c crack +7 -Slow down seti and crack commands. ++Slow down \fBseti\fP and \fBcrack\fP commands. .TP .B skill \-KILL \-t /dev/pts/* Kill users on PTY devices. |