NAME
kkiillll - terminate or signal a process
SYNOPSIS
kkiillll [-ss signalname] pid ...
kkiillll -ll [exitstatus]
kkiillll -ssiiggnnaallnnaammee pid ...
kkiillll -ssiiggnnaallnnuummbbeerr pid ...
DESCRIPTION
The kkiillll utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the pid op-
erand(s).Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes.
The options are as follows:-ss signalname
A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the default TERM.-ll [exitstatus]
If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write the signal name corresponding to exitstatus.-ssiiggnnaallnnaammee
A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the default TERM.-ssiiggnnaallnnuummbbeerr
A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent
instead of the default TERM. The following pids have special meanings:-1 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise
broadcast to all processes belonging to the user. Some of the more commonly used signals: 1 HUP (hang up) 2 INT (interrupt) 3 QUIT (quit) 6 ABRT (abort)9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill)
14 ALRM (alarm clock) 15 TERM (software termination signal)Some shells may provide a builtin kkiillll command which is similar or iden-
tical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.SEE ALSO
builtin(1), csh(1), killall(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigaction(2)
STANDARDSThe kkiillll function is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compat-
ible. HISTORY A kkiillll command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.BUGS
A replacement for the command ``kill 0'' for csh(1) users should be pro-
vided. BSD April 28, 1995 BSD