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5.0 KiB
Groff
197 lines
5.0 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: kill.1,v 1.35 2022/08/07 09:36:55 andvar Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\"
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.Dd August 15, 2021
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.Dt KILL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kill
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.Nd terminate or signal a process
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl s Ar signal_name
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.Ar pid
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\&...
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.Nm
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.Fl l
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.Op Ar exit_status
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.Nm
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.Fl signal_name
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.Ar pid
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\&...
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.Nm
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.Fl signal_number
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.Ar pid
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\&...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility sends a signal to the process(es) specified
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by the pid operand(s).
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.Pp
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Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl s Ar signal_name
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A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
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default
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.Dv TERM .
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.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status
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Display the name of the signal corresponding to
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.Ar exit_status .
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.Ar exit_status
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may be the exit status of a command killed by a signal
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(see the
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special
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.Xr sh 1
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parameter
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.Sq ?\& )
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or a signal number.
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.Pp
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If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals.
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In
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.Pa /bin/kill ,
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if the variable
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.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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is set in the environment, this uses the POSIX specified format,
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otherwise a slightly more pleasing layout is used.
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.It Fl signal_name
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A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the
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default
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.Dv TERM .
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.It Fl signal_number
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A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead
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of the default
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.Dv TERM .
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.El
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.Pp
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The following
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.Ar pid Ns s
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have special meanings:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
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.It -1
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If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast
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to all processes belonging to the user.
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.It 0
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Broadcast the signal to all processes in the current process group
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belonging to the user.
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.El
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Any other negative
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.Ar pid
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is interpreted as the negative of a process group identifier,
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and the signal is sent to all members of that group.
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.Pp
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Note that while not required by this implementation,
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if the first
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.Ar pid
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operand is negative, it should be preceded by the
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.Dq \&--
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end of options indicator, to avoid the
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.Ar pid
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being treated as yet more options.
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That is always required if no specific signal is specified
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and the first
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.Ar pid
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is negative, or that pid would be treated as the
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.Ar signal_number .
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.Pp
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Some of the more commonly used signals:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
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.It 0
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0 (does not affect the process; can be used to test whether the
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process exists)
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.It 1
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HUP (hang up)
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.It 2
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INT (interrupt)
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.It 3
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QUIT (quit)
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.It 6
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ABRT (abort)
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.It 9
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KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
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.It 14
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ALRM (alarm clock)
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.It 15
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TERM (software termination signal)
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.It 17
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STOP (non-catchable, non-ignorable, causes process to temporarily stop,
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after which it can later be resumed using
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.Dv SIGCONT )
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.It 19
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CONT (stopped processes resume execution)
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.El
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.Pp
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.Nm
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is a built-in to most shells,
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including
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.Xr sh 1
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and
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.Xr csh 1 ;
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it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments
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so process id's are not as often used as
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.Nm
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arguments.
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See
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1
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or the man page for the shell in use
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for details.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr pgrep 1 ,
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.Xr pkill 1 ,
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.Xr ps 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr signal 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be
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.St -p1003.2
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compatible.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v3
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in section 8 of the manual.
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The original BSD description was:
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.Sq terminate a process with extreme prejudice .
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