KILL(1)KILL(1)NAMEkill - terminate a process with extreme prejudice
SYNOPSISkill [ -sig ] processid ...
kill-l
DESCRIPTIONkill sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the specified processes.
If a signal name or number preceded by `-' is given as first argument,
that signal is sent instead of terminate (see sigvec(2)).
kill-l lists the signal names, which are also given in <sys/signal.h>
(you must strip off the common SIG prefix).
The terminate signal will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
`kill -KILL ...' is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be
caught. By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from the current login)
are signaled. (But beware: this works only if you use sh(1); not if
you use csh(1).) Negative process numbers also have special meanings;
see kill(2) for details.
The killed processes must belong to the current user unless he is the
super-user.
The process number of an asynchronous process started with `&' is
reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be found by using
ps(1). 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.
SEE ALSOcsh(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigvec(2)BUGS
A replacement for ``kill 0'' for csh(1) users should be provided.
4th Berkeley Distribution April 20, 1986 KILL(1)
