Name

kill

Synopsis

kill [option] PID

This is the /bin/kill command; there is also a shell command of the same name that works similarly. Send a signal to terminate one or more process IDs (PID). You must own the process or be a privileged user. If no signal is specified, TERM is sent. If the PID is -1, the signal is sent to all processes you own. If you are superuser, a PID of -1 sends the signal to all processes.

Options

-l

List the signal names. (Used by itself.)

-s signal

Send signal signal to the given process or process group. signal can be the signal number (from /usr/include/sys/signal.h) or name (from kill -l). With a signal number of 9, the kill is absolute.

-signal

Send signal signal to the given process or process group.

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