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+.\" Man page for kill.
+.\" Licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
+.\" Written by Albert Cahalan; converted to a man page by
+.\" Michael K. Johnson
+.TH KILL 1 "November 21, 1999" "Linux" "Linux User's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+kill \- report process status
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.TS
+l l.
+kill pid ...	Send SIGTERM to every process listed.
+kill signal pid ...	Send a signal to every process listed.
+kill -s signal pid ...	Send a signal to every process listed.
+kill -l	List all signal names.
+kill -L	List all signal names in a nice table.
+kill -l signal	Convert a signal number into a name.
+.TE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals.
+Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0.
+Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL.
+
+.SH SIGNALS
+The signals listed below may be available for use with kill.
+When known constant, numbers and default behavior are shown.
+
+.TS
+lB rB lB lB
+lfCW r l l.
+Name	Num	Action	Description
+.TH
+ALRM	14	exit
+HUP	1	exit
+INT	2	exit
+KILL	9	exit	this signal may not be blocked
+PIPE	13	exit
+POLL		exit
+PROF		exit
+TERM	15	exit
+USR1		exit
+USR2		exit
+VTALRM		exit
+STKFLT		exit	may not be implemented
+PWR		ignore	may exit on some systems
+WINCH		ignore
+CHLD		ignore
+URG		ignore
+TSTP		stop	may interact with the shell
+TTIN		stop	may interact with the shell
+TTOU		stop	may interact with the shell
+STOP		stop	this signal may not be blocked
+CONT		restart	continue if stopped, otherwise ignore
+ABRT	6	core
+FPE	8	core
+ILL	4	core
+QUIT	3	core
+SEGV	11	core
+TRAP	5	core
+SYS		core	may not be implemented
+EMT		core	may not be implemented
+BUS		core	core dump may fail
+XCPU		core	core dump may fail
+XFSZ		core	core dump may fail
+.TE
+
+.SH NOTES
+Your shell (command line interpreter) may have a built-in kill command.
+You may need to run the command described here as /bin/kill to solve
+the conflict.
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+kill -9 -1
+.br
+kill -l 11
+.br
+kill -L
+.br
+kill 123 543 2341 3453
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+top(1) skill(1) kill(2) renice(1) nice(1)
+
+.SH STANDARDS
+This command meets appropriate standards. The -L flag is Linux-specific.
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Albert Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote kill in 1999 to replace the
+version that was not standards compliant. Michael K. Johnson
+<johnsonm@redhat.com> is the current maintainer of the procps collection.
+
+Please send bug reports to <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>