KILL(1)             RISC/os Reference Manual              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 signaled 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) in the Programmer's Reference
     Manual.















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