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[[kill]] -- surprise -- kills processes. You '''must''' supply a [[pid]]. If you want to kill a process by name, look at [[pkill]] or [[killall]]. | [[kill]] -- surprise -- kills processes. You '''must''' supply a [[pid]]. If you want to kill a process by name, look at [[pkill]] or [[killall]]. | ||
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| + | [[kill]] by itself will cause a process to try to finish what it's doing and save it's state before actually stopping the process, if you pass it the -9 option it will instead kill a process immediately and without waiting or saving any state/information. The [[HUP]] flag will cause the process to re-read it's configuration file (basically a restarting of the process). | ||
See also [[skill]] | See also [[skill]] | ||
[[Category:System Commands]] | [[Category:System Commands]] | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 16 April 2006
kill -- surprise -- kills processes. You must supply a pid. If you want to kill a process by name, look at pkill or killall.
kill by itself will cause a process to try to finish what it's doing and save it's state before actually stopping the process, if you pass it the -9 option it will instead kill a process immediately and without waiting or saving any state/information. The HUP flag will cause the process to re-read it's configuration file (basically a restarting of the process).
See also skill
