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KILL(1)				 User Commands			       KILL(1)

NAME
       kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS
       kill [-s	SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
       kill -l [SIGNAL]...
       kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION
       Send signals to processes, or list signals.

       Mandatory  arguments  to	 long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL

	      specify the name or number of the	signal to be sent

       -l, --list
	      list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers

       -t, --table
	      print a table of signal information

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       SIGNAL may be a signal name like	'HUP', or a signal number like '1', or
       the exit	status of a process terminated by a signal.  PID is  an	 inte-
       ger; if negative	it identifies a	process	group.

       Your  shell  may	have its own version of	kill, which usually supersedes
       the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation
       for details about the options it	supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free	to change and redistribute it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       kill(2)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill	invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			       KILL(1)

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