KILL(I) 8/18/73 KILL(I)





KILL(I)                      8/18/73                      KILL(I)







NAME

     kill - do in an unwanted process



SYNOPSIS

     kill [ -signo ] processid ...



DESCRIPTION

     Kills  the  specified  processes.   The  processid  of  each

     asynchronous  process  started  with  `&' is reported by the

     shell.  Processid's can also be found by using ps (I).



     The killed process must have  been  started  from  the  same

     typewriter as the current user, unless he is the super-user.



     If a signal number preceded  by  ``-''  is  given  as  first

     argument,  that  signal  is sent instead of kill (see signal

     (II)).



SEE ALSO

     ps (I), sh (I), signal (II)



BUGS

     Clearly people should only  be  allowed  to  kill  processes

     owned  by  them,  and  having the same typewriter is neither

     necessary nor sufficient.
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