kill

Linux · Processes · available in the simulator

What it does

Send a signal to a process by PID.

Syntax

kill [-señal] pid...

Options and parameters

• -9

  Send SIGKILL: kill the process immediately without cleanup.

  kill -9 1234
• -15

  Send SIGTERM: the default termination signal.

• -l

  List all available signal names.

• -1

  Send SIGHUP: often used by services to reload their configuration.

Usage examples

• kill 1234
• kill -9 1234
• kill -l
• kill PID
• kill -TERM PID

Related commands

• at
• bg
• crontab
• fg
• jobs
• killall