kill(1)                                                   kill(1)



     NAME
          kill - terminate a process

     SYNOPSIS
          kill [-signo] PID ...
          kill [-signo] job_number ...

     DESCRIPTION
          kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
          This will normally kill 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, on some machines, the number of the last process
          in the pipeline is reported).  Process numbers may also be
          found by using ps(1).  The job_number of each asynchronous
          process started with & is assigned by ksh(1) or csh(1)
          (unless more than one process is started in a pipeline, in
          which case a number is assigned to the last process in the
          pipeline).  Job numbers can be found by using the jobs
          command.

          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 to-be-killed process must belong to the current user
          unless he is the super-user.

          If a signal number or name preceded by - is given as first
          argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate (see
          signal(3)).  In particular kill -9...  is the surest kill;
          especially with NFS, the 9 signal does not always destroy
          the process.

     EXAMPLE
               kill 24068

          Sends signal 15 to the process with the ID number 24068.

     FILES
          /bin/kill

     SEE ALSO
          ps(1), sh(1), csh(1), ksh(1), kill(2), signal(3).










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