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Old 05-10-2010
Killing A Stopped Process
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5.5 Killing a process
kill (terminate or signal a process)

It is sometimes necessary to kill a process (for example, when an executing program is in an infinite loop)

To kill a job running in the foreground, type ^C (control c). For example, run

% sleep 100
^C

To kill a suspended or background process, type

% kill %jobnumber

For example, run

% sleep 100 &
% jobs

If it is job number 4, type

% kill %4

To check whether this has worked, examine the job list again to see if the process has been removed.
UNIX Tutorial Five

% kill %jobnumber
Does that not work on a stopped process? I've tried to kill a stopped process and it is not working. Or do you need a certain type of shell for this to work? I don't see anything about this in my man pages.
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Old 05-10-2010
Please explain the distinction, if any, you make between a stopped and a suspended process.
Also, you suspect a certain type of shell is needed but fail to tell which one you are running.
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Old 05-10-2010
Is says stopped or suspended when you use the "ps" command. That is one of the many options of "ps". I'm using bash.
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Old 05-10-2010
for one, you'd need to be owner or superuser to effectively kill the job successfully, and you may actually have more success going after the PID if the original session (or console screen) is no longer available...
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