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<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
name="NAME"
>NAME</a></h1>
<p>kill - send signals to a process</p>
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name="SYNOPSIS"
>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p><b>kill</b> [ <b>-s</b> <i>signalname</i> <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>PIDS ...</code> ] [ <b>-signalname</b> <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>PIDS ...</code> ] [ <b>-signalnumber</b> <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>PIDS ...</code> ] [ <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>PIDS ...</code> ] [ <b>-l</b> ] [ <b>-h</b> ]</p>
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name="DESCRIPTION"
>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p><b>kill</b> sends a signal to all PIDS specified on the command line.
This is typically done to cause a process to terminate and/or to reload configuration files,
etc.
Signal handlers are specified per program,
so the effects of a received signal may vary.</p>
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name="OPTIONS_AND_ARGUMENTS"
>OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS</a></h1>
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<dt><a name="-s_This_parameter_takes_a_single_argument_of_a_signal_name_(see_-l)_to_be_sent_to_the_specified_PIDs."
><i>-s</i> This parameter takes a single argument of a signal name (see -l) to be sent to the specified PIDs.</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dt><a name="-signalname_A_short_form_of_the_-s_signalname_parameter."
><i>-signalname</i> A short form of the <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>-s signalname</code> parameter.</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dt><a name="-signalnumber_This_parameter_specifies_that_the_given_signal_number_should_be_sent_to_the_specified_PID_listing."
><i>-signalnumber</i> This parameter specifies that the given signal number should be sent to the specified PID listing.</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dt><a name="-l_Display_a_listing_of_all_available_signals_on_the_current_system."
><i>-l</i> Display a listing of all available signals on the current system.</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dt><a name="-h_Display_the_usage_help_message."
><i>-h</i> Display the usage help message.</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
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>NOTES</a></h1>
<p>If no signal is specified on the command line,
SIGTERM is sent to the specified PIDs.</p>
<p>kill returns 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.</p>
<p>kill is built-in to csh(1); See csh(1) for details.</p>
<p>Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.</p>
<p>This version of kill does not support <i>-l [signal]</i> since there didn't seem to be any use to the parameter (it didn't work on any platform I tried either.)</p>
<p>Signal names may have the <i>SIG</i> prefix.
i.e.: <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>kill -HUP</code> and <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>kill -SIGHUP</code> are equivalent.</p>
<p>The signal list <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>kill -l</code> displays in an "extended" form which lists both the signal name and the signal number for easy reference.</p>
<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
name="HISTORY"
>HISTORY</a></h1>
<p>Perl version rewritten for the Perl Power Tools project from the description of the kill program in OpenBSD.</p>
<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
name="AUTHOR"
>AUTHOR</a></h1>
<p>Theo Van Dinter (felicity@kluge.net)</p>
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name="SEE_ALSO"
>SEE ALSO</a></h1>
<p>csh(1),
ps(1),
kill(2)</p>
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name="POD_ERRORS"
>POD ERRORS</a></h1>
<p>Hey!
<b>The above document had some coding errors,
which are explained below:</b></p>
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