kill.1 (1133B)
1 .Dd November 23, 2014 2 .Dt KILL 1 sbase\-VERSION 3 .Os 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm kill 6 .Nd signal processes 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm kill 9 .Op Fl s Ar signal_name 10 .Ar pid ... 11 .Nm kill 12 .Fl l Op Ar exit_status 13 .Nm kill 14 .Fl Ar signal_name 15 .Ar pid ... 16 .Nm kill 17 .Fl Ar signal_number 18 .Ar pid ... 19 .Sh DESCRIPTION 20 .Nm 21 by default sends a 22 .I TERM 23 signal to the given processes. 24 .Sh OPTIONS 25 .Bl -tag -width Ds 26 .It Fl s Ar signal_name 27 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead 28 of the default SIGTERM. 29 Sends the named signal. 30 .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status 31 Lists available signals. If an 32 .Ar exit_status 33 is given, only the corresponding signal name will be printed. 34 .It Fl signal_name 35 A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead 36 of the default SIGTERM. 37 .It Fl signal_number 38 A non-negative decimal integer specifying the signal to be sent 39 instead of the default SIGTERM. 40 .El 41 .Sh SEE ALSO 42 .Xr kill 2 , 43 .Xr signal 7 44 .Sh STANDARDS 45 The 46 .Nm 47 utility is compliant with the 48 .St -p1003.1-2008 49 specification. 50 .Pp 51 The 52 .Fl Ar signal_name 53 and 54 .Fl Ar signal_number 55 syntax is marked by 56 .St -p1003.1-2008 57 as being an 58 X/OPEN System Interfaces 59 option.