KILL(L)                Linux User's Manual                KILL(L)



NAME
       kill - send a signal to a process


SYNOPSIS
       l l.  kill pid ...   Send SIGTERM to every process listed.
       kill signal pid  ...   Send  a  signal  to  every  process
       listed.   kill  -s signal pid ...   Send a signal to every
       process listed.  kill -l   List all signal names.  kill -l
       signal Convert a signal number into a name.


DESCRIPTION
       The  default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list
       available signals.  Particularly  useful  signals  include
       HUP,  INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0.  Alternate signals may
       be specified in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL.


SIGNALS
       The signals listed below may be  available  for  use  with
       kill.   When  known constant, numbers and default behavior
       are shown.

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       lB rB lB lB lfCW r l  l.   Name Num  Action    Description
       ALRM 14   exit        HUP  1    exit        INT  2    exit
       KILL 9    exit this   signal   may    not    be    blocked
       PIPE 13   exit        POLL      exit        PROF      exit
       TERM 15   exit        USR1      exit        USR2      exit
       VTALRM         exit  STKFLT         exit may not be imple-
       mented  PWR       ignore    may  exit  on   some   systems
       WINCH          ignore   CHLD      ignore  URG       ignore
       TSTP      stop may     interact     with     the     shell
       TTIN      stop may     interact     with     the     shell
       TTOU      stop may     interact     with     the     shell
       STOP      stop this    signal    may    not   be   blocked
       CONT      restart   continue if stopped, otherwise  ignore
       ABRT 6    core        FPE  8    core        ILL  4    core
       QUIT 3    core        SEGV 11   core        TRAP 5    core
       SYS       core may  not  be implemented EMT       core may
       not  be  implemented  BUS       core core  dump  may  fail
       XCPU      core core dump may fail XFSZ      core core dump
       may fail


NOTES
       Your shell (command line interpreter) may have a  built-in
       kill  command.   You may need to run the command described
       here as /bin/kill to solve the conflict.


EXAMPLES
       kill -9 -1
       kill -l 11
       kill 123 543 2341 3453


SEE ALSO
       top(p) skill(l) kill(l) renice(e) nice(e)


STANDARDS
       This command meets appropriate standards. The -L  flag  is
       Linux-specific.


AUTHOR
       Albert Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote kill in 1999 to
       replace the version  that  was  not  standards  compliant.
       Michael  K.  Johnson  <johnsonm@redhat.com> is the current
       maintainer of the procps collection.

       Please send bug reports to <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>



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