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.\" Man page for kill.
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.\" Licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
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.\" Written by Albert Cahalan; converted to a man page by
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.\" Michael K. Johnson
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.TH KILL 1 "November 21, 1999" "Linux" "Linux User's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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kill \- report process status
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TS
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l l.
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kill pid ... Send SIGTERM to every process listed.
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kill signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed.
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kill -s signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed.
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kill -l List all signal names.
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kill -L List all signal names in a nice table.
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kill -l signal Convert a signal number into a name.
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.TE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals.
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Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0.
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Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL.
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.SH SIGNALS
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The signals listed below may be available for use with kill.
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When known constant, numbers and default behavior are shown.
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.TS
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lB rB lB lB
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lfCW r l l.
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Name Num Action Description
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.TH
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ALRM 14 exit
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HUP 1 exit
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INT 2 exit
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KILL 9 exit this signal may not be blocked
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PIPE 13 exit
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POLL exit
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PROF exit
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TERM 15 exit
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USR1 exit
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USR2 exit
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VTALRM exit
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STKFLT exit may not be implemented
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PWR ignore may exit on some systems
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WINCH ignore
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CHLD ignore
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URG ignore
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TSTP stop may interact with the shell
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TTIN stop may interact with the shell
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TTOU stop may interact with the shell
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STOP stop this signal may not be blocked
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CONT restart continue if stopped, otherwise ignore
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ABRT 6 core
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FPE 8 core
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ILL 4 core
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QUIT 3 core
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SEGV 11 core
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TRAP 5 core
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SYS core may not be implemented
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EMT core may not be implemented
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BUS core core dump may fail
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XCPU core core dump may fail
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XFSZ core core dump may fail
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.TE
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.SH NOTES
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Your shell (command line interpreter) may have a built-in kill command.
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You may need to run the command described here as /bin/kill to solve
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the conflict.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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kill -9 -1
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.br
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kill -l 11
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.br
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kill -L
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.br
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kill 123 543 2341 3453
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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top(1) skill(1) kill(2) renice(1) nice(1)
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.SH STANDARDS
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This command meets appropriate standards. The -L flag is Linux-specific.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Albert Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote kill in 1999 to replace the
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version that was not standards compliant. Michael K. Johnson
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<johnsonm@redhat.com> is the current maintainer of the procps collection.
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Please send bug reports to <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
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