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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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