kill(1)                             CLIX                             kill(1)



  NAME

    kill - Terminates a process

  SYNOPSIS

    kill [- signo] PID ...

  DESCRIPTION

    The kill command sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
    This will normally kill processes that do not catch or ignore the signal.
    The process number of each asynchronous process started with & is reported
    by the shell (unless more than one process is started in a pipeline, in
    which case the number of the last process in the pipeline is reported).
    Process numbers can also be found by using the ps command.

    The details of the kill are described in kill().  For example, if process
    number 0 is specified, all processes in the process group are signaled.

    The killed process must belong to the current user unless he is the
    superuser.

    If a signal number preceded by - is given as first argument, that signal
    is sent instead of terminate (see signal()).  In particular kill -9 ... is
    a sure kill.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: ps(1), sh(1)

    Functions: kill(2), signal(2)






















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