SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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
       an exit status of a process terminated by a signal.  PID is an integer;
       if negative it identifies a process group.

       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of kill, which usually super-
       sedes  the  version described here.  Please refer to your shell's docu-
       mentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       kill(2)

       The  full documentation for kill is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and kill programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the