kill(1)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         kill(1)


NAME
       kill - terminate a process by default

SYNOPSIS
       kill [-signal] pid ...
       kill -signal -pgid ...
       kill -l

DESCRIPTION
       kill sends a signal to the specified processes.  The value of signal
       may be numeric or symbolic. [see signal(5)].  The symbolic signal
       name is the name as it appears in /usr/include/sys/signal.h, with the
       SIG prefix stripped off.  Signal 15 (SIGTERM) is sent by default;
       this will normally kill processes that do not catch or ignore the
       signal.

       pid and pgid are unsigned numeric strings that identify which
       process(es) should receive the signal.  If pid is used, the process
       with process ID pid is selected.  If pgid is used, all processes with
       process group ID pgid are selected.

       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
       ps(1).

       When invoked with the -l option, kill will print a list of symbolic
       signal names.  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 signalled process must belong to the current user unless the user
       is the super-user.

SEE ALSO
       ps(1), sh(1).
       kill(2), signal(2), signal(5).



















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