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38.Dd May 31, 1993
39.Dt KILL 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm kill
43.Nd terminate or signal a process
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm kill
46.Op Fl s Ar signal_name
47.Ar pid
48\&...
49.Nm kill
50.Fl l
51.Op Ar exit_status
52.Nm kill
53.Fl signal_name
54.Ar pid
55\&...
56.Nm kill
57.Fl signal_number
58.Ar pid
59\&...
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The kill utility sends a signal to the processes specified
62by the pid operand(s).
63.Pp
64Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
65.Pp
66The options are as follows:
67.Pp
68.Bl -tag -width Ds
69.It Fl s Ar signal_name
70A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
71default
72.Dv TERM .
73.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
74If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write
75the signal name corresponding to
76.Ar exit_status .
77.It Fl signal_name
78A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
79default
80.Dv TERM .
81.It Fl signal_number
82A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
83of the default
84.Dv TERM .
85.El
86.Pp
87The following pids have special meanings:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
89.It -1
90If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
91to all processes belonging to the user.
92.El
93.Pp
94Some of the more commonly used signals:
95.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
96.It 1
97HUP (hang up)
98.It 2
99INT (interrupt)
100.It 3
101QUIT (quit)
102.It 6
103ABRT (abort)
104.It 9
105KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
106.It 14
107ALRM (alarm clock)
108.It 15
109TERM (software termination signal)
110.El
111.Pp
112.Nm Kill
113is a built-in to
114.Xr csh  1  ;
115it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
116so process id's are not as often used as
117.Nm kill
118arguments.
119See
120.Xr csh  1
121for details.
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr csh 1 ,
124.Xr ps 1 ,
125.Xr kill 2 ,
126.Xr sigvec 2
127.Sh STANDARDS
128The
129.Nm kill
130function is expected to be
131.St -p1003.2
132compatible.
133.Sh HISTORY
134A
135.Nm kill
136command appeared in
137.At v6 .
138.Sh BUGS
139A replacement for the command
140.Dq Li kill 0
141for
142.Xr csh  1
143users should be provided.
144