kill Linux Command Cheatsheet
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kill Linux Command is used to send signals to running processes.
Syntax
kill [SIGNAL] PIDExamples
kill -9 3829 #=> kills process with id 3829Options
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 |