kill

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Overview

Kill kills processes.

Synopsis:

kill -l
kill [<-s | --signal | -> <isgname|signum>] pid [pid...]

Options:

-l:                       list the signal names
-name, --signal name, -s: name is the message to send. On some systems
                          this is a string, on others a number. It is
                          optional and an OS-dependent value will be
                          used if it is not set. pid is a list of at
                          least one pid.