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2 .TH KILL "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 kill \- send signals to processes, or list signals
7 [\fI\,-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL\/\fR] \fI\,PID\/\fR...
10 \fI\,-l \/\fR[\fI\,SIGNAL\/\fR]...
13 \fI\,-t \/\fR[\fI\,SIGNAL\/\fR]...
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17 Send signals to processes, or list signals.
19 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
21 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR=\fI\,SIGNAL\/\fR, \fB\-SIGNAL\fR
23 specify the name or number of the signal to be sent
25 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
26 list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers
28 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR
29 print a table of signal information
32 display this help and exit
35 output version information and exit
37 SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like '1',
38 or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal.
39 PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group.
41 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes
42 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
43 for details about the options it supports.
45 Written by Paul Eggert.
47 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
49 Report kill translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
51 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
52 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
54 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
55 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
60 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill>
62 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) kill invocation\(aq