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33 .\" @(#)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 process(es) specified
61 by the pid operand(s).
63 Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
65 The options are as follows:
68 .It Fl s Ar signal_name
69 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
72 .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
73 Display the name of the signal corresponding to
76 may be the exit status of a command killed by a signal
84 If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals.
86 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
90 A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
95 The following pids have special meanings:
96 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
98 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
99 to all processes belonging to the user.
101 Broadcast the signal to all processes in the current process group
102 belonging to the user.
105 Some of the more commonly used signals:
106 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
116 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
120 TERM (software termination signal)
126 it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
127 so process id's are not as often used as
144 function is expected to be