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diff --git a/bin/1sh/kill.1 b/bin/1sh/kill.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..262cb335 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/1sh/kill.1 @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 +.\" $FreeBSD: releng/12.1/bin/kill/kill.1 314436 2017-02-28 23:42:47Z imp $ +.\" +.Dd October 3, 2016 +.Dt KILL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kill +.Nd terminate or signal a process +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl s Ar signal_name +.Ar pid ... +.Nm +.Fl l +.Op Ar exit_status +.Nm +.Fl Ar signal_name +.Ar pid ... +.Nm +.Fl Ar signal_number +.Ar pid ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility sends a signal to the processes specified by the +.Ar pid +operands. +.Pp +Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl s Ar signal_name +A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the +default +.Dv TERM . +.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status +If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write +the signal name corresponding to +.Ar exit_status . +.It Fl Ar signal_name +A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the +default +.Dv TERM . +.It Fl Ar signal_number +A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead +of the default +.Dv TERM . +.El +.Pp +The following PIDs have special meanings: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It -1 +If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast +to all processes belonging to the user. +.El +.Pp +Some of the more commonly used signals: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width indent -compact +.It 1 +HUP (hang up) +.It 2 +INT (interrupt) +.It 3 +QUIT (quit) +.It 6 +ABRT (abort) +.It 9 +KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill) +.It 14 +ALRM (alarm clock) +.It 15 +TERM (software termination signal) +.El +.Pp +Some shells may provide a builtin +.Nm +command which is similar or identical to this utility. +Consult the +.Xr builtin 1 +manual page. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Terminate +the processes with PIDs 142 and 157: +.Pp +.Dl "kill 142 157" +.Pp +Send the hangup signal +.Pq Dv SIGHUP +to the process with PID 507: +.Pp +.Dl "kill -s HUP 507" +.Pp +Terminate the process group with PGID 117: +.Pp +.Dl "kill -- -117" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr builtin 1 , +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr killall 1 , +.Xr ps 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v3 +in section 8 of the manual. +.Sh BUGS +A replacement for the command +.Dq Li kill 0 +for +.Xr csh 1 +users should be provided. |