KILL(1) Linux Programmer's Manual KILL(1) kill - terminate a
process kill [ -s signal | -p ] [ -a ] [ -- ] pid ... kill -l [
signal ] The command kill sends the specified signal to the
specified process or process group. If no signal is specified,
the TERM signal is sent. The TERM signal will kill processes
which do not catch this signal. For other processes, it may be
necessary to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot
be caught. Most modern shells have a builtin kill function, with
a usage rather similar to that of the command described here.
The '-a' and '-p' options, and the possibility to specify pids
by command name is a local pid... Specify the list of processes
that kill should signal. Each pid can be one of five things: n
where n is larger than 0. The process with pid n will be 0 All
processes in the current process group are signaled. -1 All
processes with pid larger than 1 will be signaled. -n where n is
larger than 1. All processes in process group n are signaled.
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