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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 integer; 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 de-
     tails about the options it supports.

AUTHOR
     Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     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 9.9		  November 2025 			 KILL(1)

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