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1.1     ! root        1: .TH KILL 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: kill, broke \- print commands to kill processes
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B kill
        !             6: .I name
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B broke
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Kill
        !            11: prints commands that will cause all processes called
        !            12: .I name
        !            13: and owned by the current user to be terminated.
        !            14: Use the
        !            15: .B send
        !            16: command of
        !            17: .IR 8½ (1),
        !            18: or pipe the output of
        !            19: .I kill
        !            20: into
        !            21: .IR rc (1)
        !            22: to execute the commands.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: .I Kill
        !            25: suggests sending a
        !            26: .B "kill"
        !            27: note to the process; the same
        !            28: message delivered to the process's
        !            29: .B ctl
        !            30: file (see
        !            31: .IR proc (3))
        !            32: is a surer, if heavy handed, kill,
        !            33: but is necessary if the offending process is
        !            34: ignoring notes.
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: .I Broke
        !            37: prints commands that will cause all processes
        !            38: in the
        !            39: .I Broken
        !            40: state
        !            41: and owned by the current user to go away.
        !            42: When a process dies because of an error caught by
        !            43: the system, it may linger in the
        !            44: .I Broken
        !            45: state to allow examination with a debugger.
        !            46: Executing the commands printed by
        !            47: .I broke
        !            48: lets the system reclaim the resources used by
        !            49: the broken processes.
        !            50: .SH SOURCE
        !            51: .B /rc/bin/kill
        !            52: .br
        !            53: .B /rc/bin/broke
        !            54: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            55: .IR ps (1),
        !            56: .IR stop (1),
        !            57: .IR proc (3)

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