KILL(1) - General Commands Manual # KILL(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # kill - terminate or signal a process SYNOPSIS # kill [-s signal_name] pid … kill -l [exit_status] kill -‌signal_name pid … kill -‌signal_number pid … DESCRIPTION # The kill utility sends a signal to the process(es) specified by the pid operand(s). If no signal is specified, SIGTERM is used. Only the superuser may send signals to other users’ processes. ...
PKILL(1) - General Commands Manual # PKILL(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # pgrep, pkill - find or signal processes by name SYNOPSIS # pgrep [-flnoqvx] [-d delim] [-G gid] [-g pgrp] [-P ppid] [-s sid] [-T rtable] [-t tty] [-U uid] [-u euid] [pattern …] pkill [-‌signal] [-fIlnoqvx] [-G gid] [-g pgrp] [-P ppid] [-s sid] [-T rtable] [-t tty] [-U uid] [-u euid] [pattern …] DESCRIPTION # The pgrep command searches the process table on the running system and prints the process IDs of all processes that match the criteria given on the command line. ...
PS(1) - General Commands Manual # PS(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # ps - display process status SYNOPSIS # ps [[-]AacefHhjkLlmrSTuvwx] [-M core] [-N system] [-O fmt] [-o fmt] [-p pid] [-t tty] [-U user] [-W swap] DESCRIPTION # The ps utility displays information about active processes. When given no options, ps prints information about processes of the current user that have a controlling terminal. The information displayed is selected based on a set of keywords (and for even more control, see the -L, -O, and -o options). ...