SKILL
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION GENERAL OPTIONS PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS SIGNALS EXAMPLES SEE ALSO STANDARDS AUTHOR
skill, snice - report process status
skill [signal to send? [options? process selection criteria snice [new priority? [options? process selection criteria
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.
Selection criteria can be: terminal, user, pid, command. The options below may be used to ensure correct interpretation.
The signals listed below may be available for use with skill. When known, numbers and default behavior are shown.
top(1) kill(1) renice(1) nice(1)
No standards apply.
Albert Cahalan
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