kill
Korn shell—terminate a background process
Usage: kill -SIG PID (as in kill [Bourne shell] earlier)
or kill %JOBID
Standard Input: Not used
Standard Output: Display process information line
SEE ALSO
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Useful options:
%JOBID means job whose number is JOBID.
%+ means job most recently put in background.
%% means same as %+.
%- means job second most recently put in background.
%CMD means job whose command starts with CMD.
%?CMD means all jobs whose command contains CMD.
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