Name
kill
Synopsis
kill [options] IDs
Description
Terminate each specified process ID or job ID. You must own the process or be a privileged user. See also Section 7.8.
Options
- - signal
The signal number (from ps -f) or name (from kill -l). With a signal number of 9, the kill cannot be caught. The default is TERM.
- --
Consider all subsequent strings to be arguments, not options.
- -l
List the signal names. (Used by itself.)
- -s signal
Specify signal. May be a name.
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