Shell Commands
Copyright © 2000 Paul Cardwell, All Rights Reserved.
License: GPL
E-mail: arc.wave@gte.net
kill
It terminates a process
Synopsis
kill -<signal> <process id>
Description
It terminates a process by using a signal to send to the process. This signal
is supplied by the user with -[signal value or signal name] followed by the
[process id]. The process id can be obtained from doing a 'ps'.
Example:
$ kill -2 20000
This will send a SIGINT signal to process number 20000.
Options
- -<signal number or name>
-
Send to following signal to the process id.
- -l
-
List the signal names as defined in /lang/cc/include/signal.h.
- -h
-
Display the help text for kill
Revision history
$Header: /app/stdio/kill.html,v 0.3 2000/07/26 01:42:19 _tpr Exp $
- July 26 2000: original document.