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1.1     ! root        1: .TH KILL 1
        !             2: .CT 1 proc_man sa_mortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: kill \(mi terminate a process with extreme prejudice
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B kill
        !             7: [
        !             8: .BI - sig
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I processid ...
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .B kill
        !            13: .B -l
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Kill
        !            16: sends the
        !            17: .L SIGTERM
        !            18: signal to the specified processes.
        !            19: If a signal name or number preceded by 
        !            20: .L -
        !            21: is given
        !            22: as first argument, that signal is sent instead; see
        !            23: .IR  signal (2).
        !            24: The signal names are listed by
        !            25: .LR "kill -l" ,
        !            26: and are as given in
        !            27: .BR <signal.h> .
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: The terminate signal
        !            30: will kill processes that do not catch the signal.
        !            31: The
        !            32: .B SIGKILL
        !            33: signal is a sure kill, since it cannot be caught.
        !            34: By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members
        !            35: in the process group (usually processes of
        !            36: the current login or current
        !            37: .IR mux (9.1)
        !            38: layer) are signaled.
        !            39: Killed processes must belong
        !            40: to the current user unless
        !            41: that is super-user.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: To shut the system down and bring it up single user
        !            44: the super-user may send the initialization process a terminate
        !            45: signal by
        !            46: .LR "kill 1" ;
        !            47: see
        !            48: .IR init (8).
        !            49: To force
        !            50: .I init
        !            51: to close and open terminals
        !            52: according to what is currently in
        !            53: .F /etc/ttys
        !            54: use
        !            55: .BR "kill -SIGHUP 1" .
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: The process number of an asynchronous process
        !            58: started with 
        !            59: .L &
        !            60: is reported by the shell and by
        !            61: .IR ps (1).
        !            62: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            63: .TP
        !            64: .L
        !            65: kill 7151
        !            66: Kill process 7151 gently;
        !            67: the process can catch the signal.
        !            68: .TP
        !            69: .L
        !            70: kill -SIGKILL 7151
        !            71: Kill peremptorily; this signal cannot be caught.
        !            72: .TP
        !            73: .L
        !            74: kill 0
        !            75: Kill all the background processes in this process group.
        !            76: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            77: .IR ps (1), 
        !            78: .IR signal (2), 
        !            79: .IR signal (2), 
        !            80: .IR init (8)

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