KILL(1)                              SysV                              KILL(1)



NAME
     kill - terminate a process

SYNOPSIS
     kill [ - signo ] PID ...

DESCRIPTION
     kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.  This kills
     processes that do not catch or ignore the signal.  The process number
     (PID) 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 ps(1).

     The details of the kill are described in kill(2).  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
     super-user.

     If a signal number preceded by - is given as first argument, that signal
     is sent instead of terminate (see signal(2)).  In particular kill -9 is a
     sure kill.

SEE ALSO
     ps(1), sh(1).
     kill(2), signal(2) in the SysV Programmer's Reference.