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@(#)kill.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 7/27/91
$Id: kill.1,v 1.2 1993/03/22 08:04:00 cgd Exp $
.Dd July 27, 1991 .Dt KILL 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm kill .Nd terminate or signal a process .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm kill .Op Fl signal_name .Ar pid ... .Nm kill .Op Fl signal_number .Ar pid ... .Nm kill .Op Fl l .Sh DESCRIPTION The kill utility sends the .Dv TERM signal to the processes specified by the pid operand(s).
p Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
p The options are as follows:
p l -tag -width Ds t Fl l List the signal names. t Fl signal_name A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the default .Dv TERM . The .Fl l option displays the signal names. t Fl signal_number A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead of the default .Dv TERM . .El
p Some of the more commonly used signals: d -ragged -offset indent -compact l -column XXX TERM t -1 -1 (broadcast to all processes, super-user only) t 0 0 (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group) t 2 INT (interupt) t 3 QUIT (quit) t 6 ABRT (abort) t 9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill) t 14 ALRM (alarm clock) t 15 TERM (software termination signal) .El .Ed
p .Nm Kill is a built-in to .Xr csh 1 ; it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as .Nm kill arguments. See .Xr csh 1 for details. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr ps 1 , .Xr kill 2 , .Xr sigvec 2 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm kill command appeared in .At v6 . .Sh BUGS A replacement for the command .Dq Li kill 0 for .Xr csh 1 users should be provided.