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KILL(1) 		     General Commands Manual			 KILL(1)

NAME
     kill, slay, start, stop - print commands to manipulate processes

SYNOPSIS
     kill name ...

     slay name ...

     start name ...

     stop name ...

DESCRIPTION
     Kill  prints  commands that will cause all processes with name and owned by
     the current user to be terminated.  Each command is commented with an  out-
     put line from ps((1)) describing the process that would be killed.  Use the
     send  command  of	9term((1)),  or  pipe the output of kill into rc((1)) or
     sh((1)) to execute the commands.

     Kill suggests sending a Unix TERM signal to the  process;	sending  a  KILL
     signal is a surer, if heavy handed, kill, but is necessary if the offending
     process is ignoring signals.  The slay command prints commands to do this.

     Stop  prints  commands  to pause execution of processes by sending them the
     STOP signal.

     Start prints commands to restart stopped processes by sending them the CONT
     signal.

SOURCE
     /bin

SEE ALSO
     ps((1)), notify((3))

BUGS
     Stop and start should limit themselves  to  currently  running  or  stopped
     processes.

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