kill(1)

send signals to processes, or list signals

Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.

This package comes with the extra set; without it, kill is the original one: see kill-original(1).

Also by this name: kill(2), System calls

NAME

kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS

kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
kill -l [SIGNAL]...
kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION

Send signals to processes, or list signals.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL

: specify the name or number of the signal to be sent

-l, --list: list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers
-t, --table: print a table of signal information
--help: display this help and exit
--version: output version information and exit

SIGNAL may be a signal name like `HUP', or a signal number like `1', or an exit status of a process terminated by a signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.