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KILL(1) User CommandsKILL(1)kill - send signals to processes, or list signals
kill[-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL]PID...kill-l [SIGNAL]...kill-t [SIGNAL]...
Send signals to processes, or list signals. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.-s,--signal=SIGNAL,-SIGNAL specify the name or number of the signal to be sent-l,--list list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers-t,--table print a table of signal information--helpdisplay this help and exit--version output version information and exit SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like '1', or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group. Your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.
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kill(2) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill invocation'
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