SKILL

SKILL

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION GENERAL OPTIONS PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS SIGNALS EXAMPLES SEE ALSO STANDARDS AUTHOR

NAME

skill, snice - report process status

SYNOPSIS

skill [signal to send? [options? process selection criteria snice [new priority? [options? process selection criteria

DESCRIPTION

The default signal for skill 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.

The default priority for snice is +4. (snice +4 ...) Priority numbers range from +20 (slowest) to -20 (fastest). Negative priority numbers are restricted to administrative users.

GENERAL OPTIONS

PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS

Selection criteria can be: terminal, user, pid, command. The options below may be used to ensure correct interpretation.

SIGNALS

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

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

top(1) kill(1) renice(1) nice(1)

STANDARDS

No standards apply.

AUTHOR

Albert Cahalan

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