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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* <code>[[killall]]</code>, <code>[[pkill]]</code>, <code>[[xkill]]</code>
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* {{kill}}
 
* kill in Windows is an alias for <code>[[Stop-Process]]</code> cmdlet
 
* kill in Windows is an alias for <code>[[Stop-Process]]</code> cmdlet
 
* {{ps}}
 
* {{ps}}

Revision as of 14:39, 2 February 2020

kill is a command that is used in Linux and other operating systems to send signals to running processes. kill commands allows to send SIGKILL (kill -9 PID) signal that cause the process to terminate immediately (kill).


Linux Examples

"Kill" a process (send SIGKILL signal)

  • kill -9 56568 or kill -KILL 56568 or kill -s KILL 56568

Send SIGTERM signal

  • kill -15 56568 or kill -TERM 56568 or kill -s TERM 56568

Kill al process that belongs to a user:

  • kill -9 `lsof -t -u USERNAME`

See also

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