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== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
| + | "Kill" a process (send SIGKILL signal) | ||
*<code>kill -9 56568</code> or <code>kill -KILL 56568</code> or <code>kill -s KILL 56568</code> | *<code>kill -9 56568</code> or <code>kill -KILL 56568</code> or <code>kill -s KILL 56568</code> | ||
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| + | Send SIGTERM signal | ||
| + | *<code>kill -15 56568</code> or <code>kill -TERM 56568</code> or <code>kill -s TERM 56568</code> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 05:36, 9 December 2019
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).
Examples
"Kill" a process (send SIGKILL signal)
kill -9 56568orkill -KILL 56568orkill -s KILL 56568
Send SIGTERM signal
kill -15 56568orkill -TERM 56568orkill -s TERM 56568
See also
killall,pkill,xkill- kill in Windows is an alias for
Stop-Processcmdlet
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