Name

kill

Synopsis

kill sig, processes

Description

Sends a signal, sig, to a list of processes. You may use a signal name in quotes (without a SIG on the front). This function returns the number of processes successfully signaled. If the signal is negative, the function kills process groups instead of processes.

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