kill.md

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kill Linux Command	kill Linux Command is used to send signals to running processes.	2019-09-13	2019-09-13

kill Linux Command is used to send signals to running processes.

Syntax

kill [SIGNAL] PID

Examples

kill -9 3829 #=> kills process with id 3829

Options

kill -l command display all available options with kill

Note: Following are from Ubuntu 16.04

Signal	Description
1	SIGHUP
2	SIGINT
3	SIGQUIT
4	SIGILL
5	SIGTRAP
6	SIGABRT
7	SIGBUS
8	SIGFPE
9	SIGKILL
10	SIGUSR1
11	SIGSEGV
12	SIGUSR2
13	SIGPIPE
14	SIGALRM
15	SIGTERM
16	SIGSTKFLT
17	SIGCHLD
18	SIGCONT
19	SIGSTOP
20	SIGTSTP
21	SIGTTIN
22	SIGTTOU
23	SIGURG
24	SIGXCPU
25	SIGXFSZ
26	SIGVTALRM
27	SIGPROF
28	SIGWINCH
29	SIGIO
30	SIGPWR
31	SIGSYS
34	SIGRTMIN
35	SIGRTMIN+1
36	SIGRTMIN+2
37	SIGRTMIN+3
38	SIGRTMIN+4
39	SIGRTMIN+5
40	SIGRTMIN+6
41	SIGRTMIN+7
42	SIGRTMIN+8
43	SIGRTMIN+9
44	SIGRTMIN+10
45	SIGRTMIN+11
46	SIGRTMIN+12
47	SIGRTMIN+13
48	SIGRTMIN+14
49	SIGRTMIN+15
50	SIGRTMAX-14
51	SIGRTMAX-13
52	SIGRTMAX-12
53	SIGRTMAX-11
54	SIGRTMAX-10
55	SIGRTMAX-9
56	SIGRTMAX-8
57	SIGRTMAX-7
58	SIGRTMAX-6
59	SIGRTMAX-5
60	SIGRTMAX-4
61	SIGRTMAX-3
62	SIGRTMAX-2
63	SIGRTMAX-1
64	SIGRTMAX

Note: Following are from MacOS

Signal	Description
1	SIGHUP
2	SIGINT
3	SIGQUIT
4	SIGILL
5	SIGTRAP
6	SIGABRT
7	SIGEMT
8	SIGFPE
9	SIGKILL
10	SIGBUS
11	SIGSEGV
12	SIGSYS
13	SIGPIPE
14	SIGALRM
15	SIGTERM
16	SIGURG
17	SIGSTOP
18	SIGTSTP
19	SIGCONT
20	SIGCHLD
21	SIGTTIN
22	SIGTTOU
23	SIGIO
24	SIGXCPU
25	SIGXFSZ
26	SIGVTALRM
27	SIGPROF
28	SIGWINCH
29	SIGINFO
30	SIGUSR1
31	SIGUSR2