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.TH KILL 1
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.SH NAME
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kill \- send a signal to a process
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkill\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR] \fIprocess\fR
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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..
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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..
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.SH OPTIONS
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2012-03-31 23:44:29 +02:00
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.TP 5
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.B \-\fIn\fR
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# Signal number to send
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.TP 5
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.B \-\fINAME\fR
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# Named signal to send
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.SH EXAMPLES
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2012-03-31 23:44:29 +02:00
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.TP 20
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.B kill 35
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# Send signal 15 to process 35
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.TP 20
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.B kill \-9 40
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# Send signal 9 to process 40
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.TP 20
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.B kill \-2 0
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# Send signal 2 to whole terminal process group
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.TP 20
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.B kill \-HUP -123
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# Send a hangup to process group 123
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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A signal is sent to a given process.
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By default signal 15 (SIGTERM) is sent.
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Process 0 means all the processes in the sender's process group.
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A process group can be signalled by the negative value of the process
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group ID.
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Signals may be numerical, or the name of the signal without \fBSIG\fP.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR kill (2),
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.BR sigaction (2).
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