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32 .\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
40 .Nd terminate or signal a process
43 .Op Fl s Ar signal_name
60 utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the
64 Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
66 The options are as follows:
69 .It Fl s Ar signal_name
70 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
73 .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
74 If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
75 the signal name corresponding to
78 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
81 .It Fl Ar signal_number
82 A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
87 The following pids have special meanings:
88 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
90 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
91 to all processes belonging to the user.
94 Some of the more commonly used signals:
95 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
105 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
109 TERM (software termination signal)
112 Some shells may provide a builtin
114 command which is similar or identical to this utility.
122 the processes with pids 142 and 157:
126 Send the hangup signal
128 to the process with pid 507:
130 .Dl "kill -s HUP 507"
132 Terminate the process group with pgid 117:
145 function is expected to be
154 A replacement for the command
158 users should be provided.