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1 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TH KILL 1
2 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH NAME
3 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull kill, slay, start, stop \- print commands to manipulate processes
4 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SYNOPSIS
5 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B kill
6 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I name ...
7 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
8 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B slay
9 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I name ...
10 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
11 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B start
12 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I name ...
13 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
14 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B stop
15 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I name ...
16 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH DESCRIPTION
17 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Kill
18 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull prints commands that will cause all processes with
19 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I name
20 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull and owned by the current user to be terminated.
21 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Each command is commented with an output line from
22 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR ps (1)
23 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull describing the process that would be killed.
24 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Use the
25 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B send
26 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull command of
27 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR 9term (1) ,
28 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull or pipe the output of
29 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I kill
30 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull into
31 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR rc (1)
32 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull or
33 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR sh (1)
34 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull to execute the commands.
35 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
36 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Kill
37 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull suggests sending a Unix
38 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B TERM
39 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull signal to the process;
40 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull sending a
41 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B KILL
42 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull signal is a surer, if heavy handed, kill,
43 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull but is necessary if the offending process is
44 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull ignoring signals.
45 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull The
46 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I slay
47 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull command prints commands to do this.
48 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
49 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Stop
50 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull prints commands to pause execution of processes
51 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull by sending them the
52 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B STOP
53 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull signal.
54 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
55 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Start
56 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull prints commands to restart stopped processes by sending them
57 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull the
58 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B CONT
59 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull signal.
60 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SOURCE
61 c3674de4 2005-01-11 devnull .B \*9/bin
62 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH "SEE ALSO"
63 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR ps (1) ,
64 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR notify (3)
65 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .SH BUGS
66 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .I Stop
67 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull and
68 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .I start
69 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull should limit themselves to currently running or stopped processes.