| KILL(1) | General Commands Manual | KILL(1) | 
kill —
| kill | [ -ssignal_name]
      pid ... | 
| kill | -l[exit_status] | 
| kill | -signal_namepid ... | 
| kill | -signal_numberpid
      ... | 
kill utility sends a signal to the process(es)
  specified by the pid operand(s).
Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
The options are as follows:
-s
    signal_nameTERM.-l
    [exit_status]If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals.
-signal_nameTERM.-signal_numberTERM.The following pids have special meanings:
Some of the more commonly used signals:
kill is a built-in to
    csh(1); it allows job specifiers
    of the form ``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as
    kill arguments. See
    csh(1) for details.
kill utility exits 0 on success,
  and >0 if an error occurs.
kill utility is expected to be IEEE
  Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.
kill command appeared in
  Version 3 AT&T UNIX in section 8 of the
  manual.
| April 22, 2017 | NetBSD 9.4 |