User Commands						  KILL(1)



NAME
     kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS
     kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL]	PID...
     kill -l [SIGNAL]...
     kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION
     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

     --help
	  display 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 pro-
     cess group.

     NOTE: 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.

AUTHOR
     Written by	Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report kill bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>





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User Commands						  KILL(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     kill(2)

     The full documentation for	kill is	maintained as  a  Texinfo
     manual.	If  the	 info  and  kill  programs  are	 properly
     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils kill invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.





































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