kill Linux Command Cheatsheet
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kill Linux Command is used to send signals to running processes.
Syntax
kill [SIGNAL] PID
Examples
kill -9 3829 #=> kills process with id 3829
Options
kill -l
command display all available options with kill
Note: Following are from Ubuntu 16.04
Signal | Description |
---|---|
1 | SIGHUP |
2 | SIGINT |
3 | SIGQUIT |
4 | SIGILL |
5 | SIGTRAP |
6 | SIGABRT |
7 | SIGBUS |
8 | SIGFPE |
9 | SIGKILL |
10 | SIGUSR1 |
11 | SIGSEGV |
12 | SIGUSR2 |
13 | SIGPIPE |
14 | SIGALRM |
15 | SIGTERM |
16 | SIGSTKFLT |
17 | SIGCHLD |
18 | SIGCONT |
19 | SIGSTOP |
20 | SIGTSTP |
21 | SIGTTIN |
22 | SIGTTOU |
23 | SIGURG |
24 | SIGXCPU |
25 | SIGXFSZ |
26 | SIGVTALRM |
27 | SIGPROF |
28 | SIGWINCH |
29 | SIGIO |
30 | SIGPWR |
31 | SIGSYS |
34 | SIGRTMIN |
35 | SIGRTMIN+1 |
36 | SIGRTMIN+2 |
37 | SIGRTMIN+3 |
38 | SIGRTMIN+4 |
39 | SIGRTMIN+5 |
40 | SIGRTMIN+6 |
41 | SIGRTMIN+7 |
42 | SIGRTMIN+8 |
43 | SIGRTMIN+9 |
44 | SIGRTMIN+10 |
45 | SIGRTMIN+11 |
46 | SIGRTMIN+12 |
47 | SIGRTMIN+13 |
48 | SIGRTMIN+14 |
49 | SIGRTMIN+15 |
50 | SIGRTMAX-14 |
51 | SIGRTMAX-13 |
52 | SIGRTMAX-12 |
53 | SIGRTMAX-11 |
54 | SIGRTMAX-10 |
55 | SIGRTMAX-9 |
56 | SIGRTMAX-8 |
57 | SIGRTMAX-7 |
58 | SIGRTMAX-6 |
59 | SIGRTMAX-5 |
60 | SIGRTMAX-4 |
61 | SIGRTMAX-3 |
62 | SIGRTMAX-2 |
63 | SIGRTMAX-1 |
64 | SIGRTMAX |
Note: Following are from MacOS
Signal | Description |
---|---|
1 | SIGHUP |
2 | SIGINT |
3 | SIGQUIT |
4 | SIGILL |
5 | SIGTRAP |
6 | SIGABRT |
7 | SIGEMT |
8 | SIGFPE |
9 | SIGKILL |
10 | SIGBUS |
11 | SIGSEGV |
12 | SIGSYS |
13 | SIGPIPE |
14 | SIGALRM |
15 | SIGTERM |
16 | SIGURG |
17 | SIGSTOP |
18 | SIGTSTP |
19 | SIGCONT |
20 | SIGCHLD |
21 | SIGTTIN |
22 | SIGTTOU |
23 | SIGIO |
24 | SIGXCPU |
25 | SIGXFSZ |
26 | SIGVTALRM |
27 | SIGPROF |
28 | SIGWINCH |
29 | SIGINFO |
30 | SIGUSR1 |
31 | SIGUSR2 |