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35.\"	@(#)kill.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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37.Dd April 28, 1995
38.Dt KILL 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm kill
42.Nd terminate or signal a process
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm kill
45.Op Fl s Ar signal_name
46.Ar pid
47\&...
48.Nm kill
49.Fl l
50.Op Ar exit_status
51.Nm kill
52.Fl signal_name
53.Ar pid
54\&...
55.Nm kill
56.Fl signal_number
57.Ar pid
58\&...
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The kill utility sends a signal to the processes specified
61by the pid operand(s).
62.Pp
63Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
64.Pp
65The options are as follows:
66.Pp
67.Bl -tag -width Ds
68.It Fl s Ar signal_name
69A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
70default
71.Dv TERM .
72.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
73If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
74the signal name corresponding to
75.Ar exit_status .
76.It Fl signal_name
77A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
78default
79.Dv TERM .
80.It Fl signal_number
81A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
82of the default
83.Dv TERM .
84.El
85.Pp
86The following pids have special meanings:
87.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
88.It -1
89If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
90to all processes belonging to the user.
91.El
92.Pp
93Some of the more commonly used signals:
94.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
95.It 1
96HUP (hang up)
97.It 2
98INT (interrupt)
99.It 3
100QUIT (quit)
101.It 6
102ABRT (abort)
103.It 9
104KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
105.It 14
106ALRM (alarm clock)
107.It 15
108TERM (software termination signal)
109.El
110.Pp
111.Nm Kill
112is a built-in to
113.Xr csh  1  ;
114it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
115so process id's are not as often used as
116.Nm kill
117arguments.
118See
119.Xr csh  1
120for details.
121.Sh SEE ALSO
122.Xr csh 1 ,
123.Xr ps 1 ,
124.Xr kill 2 ,
125.Xr sigvec 2
126.Sh STANDARDS
127The
128.Nm kill
129function is expected to be
130.St -p1003.2
131compatible.
132.Sh HISTORY
133A
134.Nm kill
135command appeared in
136.At v6 .
137.Sh BUGS
138A replacement for the command
139.Dq Li kill 0
140for
141.Xr csh  1
142users should be provided.
143