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Send a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to perform a clean exit.

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Examples (7)

Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal

kill process_id

List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix)

kill -l

Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating

kill -1|HUP process_id

Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `<Ctrl c>`

kill -2|INT process_id

Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal)

kill -9|KILL process_id

Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT ("continue") signal is received

kill -17|STOP process_id

Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id)

kill -SIGUSR1 -group_id

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