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1 .TH KILL 12 .SH NAME3 kill, slay, start, stop \- print commands to manipulate processes4 .SH SYNOPSIS5 .B kill6 .I name ...7 .PP8 .B slay9 .I name ...10 .PP11 .B start12 .I name ...13 .PP14 .B stop15 .I name ...16 .SH DESCRIPTION17 .I Kill18 prints commands that will cause all processes with19 .I name20 and owned by the current user to be terminated.21 Each command is commented with an output line from22 .IR ps (1)23 describing the process that would be killed.24 Use the25 .B send26 command of27 .IR 9term (1),28 or pipe the output of29 .I kill30 into31 .IR rc (1)32 or33 .IR sh (1)34 to execute the commands.35 .PP36 .I Kill37 suggests sending a Unix38 .B TERM39 signal to the process;40 sending a41 .B KILL42 signal is a surer, if heavy handed, kill,43 but is necessary if the offending process is44 ignoring signals.45 The46 .I slay47 command prints commands to do this.48 .PP49 .I Stop50 prints commands to pause execution of processes51 by sending them the52 .B STOP53 signal.54 .PP55 .I Start56 prints commands to restart stopped processes by sending them57 the58 .B CONT59 signal.60 .SH SOURCE61 .B \*9/bin62 .SH "SEE ALSO"63 .IR ps (1),64 .IR notify (3)65 .SH BUGS66 .I Stop67 and68 .I start69 should limit themselves to currently running or stopped processes.