kill

command in several OSes to terminate a process
Creative Work Standard Unix Utility Or Command Q283834

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
standard UNIX utility or command
Has command line option
l, s, SIGABRT, ABRT, sigabrt, abrt, SIGBUS, BUS, sigbus, bus, SIGCHLD, CHLD, sigchld, chld, SIGCONT, CONT, sigcont, cont, SIGFPE, FPE, sigfpe, fpe, SIGHUP, HUP, sighup, hup, SIGILL, ILL, sigill, ill, SIGINT, INT, sigint, int, SIGKILL, KILL, sigkill, kill, SIGPIPE, PIPE, sigpipe, pipe, SIGQUIT, QUIT, sigquit, quit, SIGSEGV, SEGV, sigsegv, segv, SIGSTOP, STOP, sigstop, stop, SIGTERM, TERM, sigterm, term, SIGTSTP, TSTP, sigtstp, tstp, SIGTTIN, TTIN, sigttin, ttin, SIGTTOU, TTOU, sigttou, ttou, SIGUSR1, USR1, sigusr1, usr1, SIGUSR2, USR2, sigusr2, usr2, SIGPOLL, POLL, sigpoll, poll, SIGPROF, PROF, sigprof, prof, SIGSYS, SYS, sigsys, sys, SIGTRAP, TRAP, sigtrap, trap, SIGURG, URG, sigurg, urg, SIGVTALRM, VTALRM, sigvtalrm, vtalrm, SIGXCPU, XCPU, sigxcpu, xcpu, SIGXFSZ, XFSZ, sigxfsz, xfsz, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, 15[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Reads environment variable
LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, NLSPATH[2][3][4][5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en kill ar كيل fa Kill (یونیکس) fr Killall fr KILL hi किल pt Killall tr Kill (Unix)
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pubs.opengroup.org
Freebase ID
/m/03rz5b

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Summary

kill is a standard UNIX utility or command[1].

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