Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

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.

Options

-l

List the signal names. (Used by itself.)

-s signal

Send signal signal to the given process or process group. 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.