KILL(1) KILL(1)
NAME
kill - terminate a process with extreme prejudice
SYNOPSIS
kill [ -signo ] processid ...
DESCRIPTION
Kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
If a signal number preceded by `-' is given as first argu-
ment, that signal is sent instead of terminate (see
signal(2)). This will kill processes that do not catch the
signal; in particular `kill -9 ...' is a sure kill.
By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from the cur-
rent login) are signaled.
The killed processes must belong to the current user unless
he is the super-user. To shut the system down and bring it
up single user the super-user may use `kill -1 1'; see
init(8).
The process number of an asynchronous process started with
`&' is reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be
found by using ps(1).
SEE ALSO
ps(1), kill(2), signal(2)