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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 .PP17 .B broke18 [19 .I user20 ]21 .SH DESCRIPTION22 .I Kill23 prints commands that will cause all processes with24 .I name25 and owned by the current user to be terminated.26 Each command is commented with an output line from27 .IR ps (1)28 describing the process that would be killed.29 Use the30 .B send31 command of32 .IR 9term (1),33 or pipe the output of34 .I kill35 into36 .IR rc (1)37 or38 .IR sh (1)39 to execute the commands.40 .PP41 .I Kill42 suggests sending a Unix43 .B TERM44 signal to the process;45 sending a46 .B KILL47 signal is a surer, if heavy handed, kill,48 but is necessary if the offending process is49 ignoring signals.50 The51 .I slay52 command prints commands to do this.53 .PP54 .I Stop55 prints commands to pause execution of processes56 by sending them the57 .B STOP58 signal.59 .PP60 .I Start61 prints commands to restart stopped processes by sending them62 the63 .B CONT64 signal.65 .SH SOURCE66 .B /usr/local/plan9/bin67 .SH "SEE ALSO"68 .IR ps (1),69 .IR notify (3)