KILL(1) 							   User Commands							   KILL(1)

NAME

       kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS

       kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
       kill -l [SIGNAL]...
       kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION

       Send signals to processes, or list signals.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL

	      specify the name or number of the signal to be sent

       -l, --list
	      list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers

       -t, --table
	      print a table of signal information

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       SIGNAL  may  be	a  signal name like `HUP', or a signal number like `1', or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal.  PID is an
       integer; if negative it identifies a process group.

       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes the version described here.	Please refer to your shell's docu-
       mentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report kill bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       kill(2)

       The  full documentation for kill is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and kill programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'kill invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								   KILL(1)