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35 .\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
43 .Nd terminate or signal a process
46 .Op Fl s Ar signal_name
63 utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the pid operand(s).
65 Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
67 The options are as follows:
70 .It Fl s Ar signal_name
71 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
74 .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
75 If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
76 the signal name corresponding to
79 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
83 A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
88 The following pids have special meanings:
89 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
91 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
92 to all processes belonging to the user.
95 Some of the more commonly used signals:
96 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
106 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
110 TERM (software termination signal)
116 it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
117 so process id's are not as often used as
132 function is expected to be
141 A replacement for the command
145 users should be provided.