| KILL(1) | General Commands Manual | KILL(1) |
kill —
kill |
[-s signal_name]
pid ... |
kill |
-l [exit_status] |
kill |
-signal_name pid ... |
kill |
-signal_number pid
... |
kill utility sends a signal to the process(es)
specified by the pid operand(s).
Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
The options are as follows:
-s
signal_nameTERM.-l
[exit_status]If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals.
-signal_nameTERM.-signal_numberTERM.The following pids have special meanings:
Some of the more commonly used signals:
kill is a built-in to
csh(1); it allows job specifiers
of the form ``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as
kill arguments. See
csh(1) for details.
kill utility exits 0 on success,
and >0 if an error occurs.
kill utility is expected to be IEEE
Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.
kill command appeared in
Version 3 AT&T UNIX in section 8 of the
manual.
| April 22, 2017 | NetBSD 9.1 |