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KILL(1)                       User Commands                       KILL(1)

NAME         top

       kill - send signals to processes, or list signals

SYNOPSIS         top

       kill [-s SIGNAL | -SIGNAL] PID...
       kill -l [SIGNAL]...
       kill -t [SIGNAL]...

DESCRIPTION         top

       Send signals to processes, or list signals.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
       options too.

       -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL

              specify the name or number of the signal to be sent

       -l, --list
              list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers

       -t, --table
              print a table of signal information

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       SIGNAL may be a signal name like 'HUP', or a signal number like
       '1', or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal.  PID
       is an integer; if negative it identifies a process group.

       Your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually
       supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your
       shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS         top

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COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO         top

       kill(2)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/kill>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) kill invocation'

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