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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man1/kill.1 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man1/kill.1 b/static/netbsd/man1/kill.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..02ad56c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man1/kill.1 @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: kill.1,v 1.35 2022/08/07 09:36:55 andvar Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 +.\" +.Dd August 15, 2021 +.Dt KILL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kill +.Nd terminate or signal a process +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl s Ar signal_name +.Ar pid +\&... +.Nm +.Fl l +.Op Ar exit_status +.Nm +.Fl signal_name +.Ar pid +\&... +.Nm +.Fl signal_number +.Ar pid +\&... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility sends a signal to the process(es) specified +by the pid operand(s). +.Pp +Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl s Ar signal_name +A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the +default +.Dv TERM . +.It Fl l Op Ar exit_status +Display the name of the signal corresponding to +.Ar exit_status . +.Ar exit_status +may be the exit status of a command killed by a signal +(see the +special +.Xr sh 1 +parameter +.Sq ?\& ) +or a signal number. +.Pp +If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals. +In +.Pa /bin/kill , +if the variable +.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT +is set in the environment, this uses the POSIX specified format, +otherwise a slightly more pleasing layout is used. +.It Fl signal_name +A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the +default +.Dv TERM . +.It Fl signal_number +A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead +of the default +.Dv TERM . +.El +.Pp +The following +.Ar pid Ns s +have special meanings: +.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact +.It -1 +If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise broadcast +to all processes belonging to the user. +.It 0 +Broadcast the signal to all processes in the current process group +belonging to the user. +.El +Any other negative +.Ar pid +is interpreted as the negative of a process group identifier, +and the signal is sent to all members of that group. +.Pp +Note that while not required by this implementation, +if the first +.Ar pid +operand is negative, it should be preceded by the +.Dq \&-- +end of options indicator, to avoid the +.Ar pid +being treated as yet more options. +That is always required if no specific signal is specified +and the first +.Ar pid +is negative, or that pid would be treated as the +.Ar signal_number . +.Pp +Some of the more commonly used signals: +.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact +.It 0 +0 (does not affect the process; can be used to test whether the +process exists) +.It 1 +HUP (hang up) +.It 2 +INT (interrupt) +.It 3 +QUIT (quit) +.It 6 +ABRT (abort) +.It 9 +KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill) +.It 14 +ALRM (alarm clock) +.It 15 +TERM (software termination signal) +.It 17 +STOP (non-catchable, non-ignorable, causes process to temporarily stop, +after which it can later be resumed using +.Dv SIGCONT ) +.It 19 +CONT (stopped processes resume execution) +.El +.Pp +.Nm +is a built-in to most shells, +including +.Xr sh 1 +and +.Xr csh 1 ; +it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments +so process id's are not as often used as +.Nm +arguments. +See +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr sh 1 +or the man page for the shell in use +for details. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Ex -std +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr pgrep 1 , +.Xr pkill 1 , +.Xr ps 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr signal 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v3 +in section 8 of the manual. +The original BSD description was: +.Sq terminate a process with extreme prejudice . |
