KILL(C) XENIX System V KILL(C)
Name
kill - Terminates a process.
Syntax
kill [ -signo ] processid ...
Description
kill sends signal 15 (terminate) to the specified processes.
This will normally kill processes that do not catch or
ignore the signal. The process number of each asynchronous
process started with & is reported by the shell (unless more
than one process is started in a pipeline, in which case the
number of the last process in the pipeline is reported).
Process numbers can also be found by using ps(C).
For example, if process number 0 is specified, all processes
in the process group are signaled.
The killed process must belong to the current user unless he
is the super-user.
If a signal number preceded by - is given as the first
argument, that signal is sent instead of the terminate
signal (see signal(S)). In particular ``kill -9 ...'' is a
sure kill.
See Also
ps(C), sh(C), kill(S), signal(S)
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