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authorAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
committerAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
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kill [ -s signal_name | -n signal_number | -sig ] job ...
kill -l [ sig ... ]
- Sends either SIGTERM or the specified signal to the given jobs
- or processes. Signals are given by number or by names, with or
- without the `SIG' prefix. If the signal being sent is not
- `KILL' or `CONT', then the job will be sent a `CONT' signal if
- it is stopped. The argument job can be the process ID of a job
+ Sends either SIGTERM or the specified signal to the given jobs
+ or processes. Signals are given by number or by names, with or
+ without the `SIG' prefix. If the signal being sent is not
+ `KILL' or `CONT', then the job will be sent a `CONT' signal if
+ it is stopped. The argument job can be the process ID of a job
not in the job list. In the second form, kill -l, if sig is not
- specified the signal names are listed. Otherwise, for each sig
- that is a name, the corresponding signal number is listed. For
- each sig that is a signal number or a number representing the
- exit status of a process which was terminated or stopped by a
+ specified the signal names are listed. Otherwise, for each sig
+ that is a name, the corresponding signal number is listed. For
+ each sig that is a signal number or a number representing the
+ exit status of a process which was terminated or stopped by a
signal the name of the signal is printed.
- On some systems, alternative signal names are allowed for a few
+ On some systems, alternative signal names are allowed for a few
signals. Typical examples are SIGCHLD and SIGCLD or SIGPOLL and
SIGIO, assuming they correspond to the same signal number. kill
- -l will only list the preferred form, however kill -l alt will
- show if the alternative form corresponds to a signal number.
+ -l will only list the preferred form, however kill -l alt will
+ show if the alternative form corresponds to a signal number.
For example, under Linux kill -l IO and kill -l POLL both output
29, hence kill -IO and kill -POLL have the same effect.
- Many systems will allow process IDs to be negative to kill a
+ Many systems will allow process IDs to be negative to kill a
process group or zero to kill the current process group.