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kill
Send a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to perform a clean exit.
Examples
Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal GNU
List signal values and their corresponding names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix). The available options may depend on the `kill` implementation GNU
Terminate a background job GNU
Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating GNU
Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `<Ctrl c>` GNU
Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal) GNU
Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT ("continue") signal is received GNU
Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id) GNU
Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal
List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix)
Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating
Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `<Ctrl c>`
Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal)
Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT ("continue") signal is received
Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id)