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.TH KILL "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
kill \- send signals to processes, or list signals
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kill
[\fI-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL\fR] \fIPID\fR...
.br
.B kill
\fI-l \fR[\fISIGNAL\fR]...
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.B kill
\fI-t \fR[\fISIGNAL\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Send signals to processes, or list signals.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.HP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR=\fISIGNAL\fR, \fB\-SIGNAL\fR
.IP
specify the name or number of the signal to be sent
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR
print a table of signal information
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
SIGNAL may be a signal name like `HUP', or a signal number like `1',
or an exit status of a process terminated by a signal.
PID is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group.
.PP
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually supersedes
the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
kill(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B kill
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B kill
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info kill
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.