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<h2>kill - Terminate or signal processes</h2>
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<strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<p><strong>kill</strong> [ <strong>-s</strong> <em>signame</em> ]
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<em>job</em> ...</p>
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<p><strong>kill</strong> [ <strong>-n</strong> <em>signum</em> ]
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<em>job</em> ...</p>
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<p><strong>kill</strong> [ <strong>-sig</strong> ] <em>job</em>
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...</p>
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<p><strong>kill -l</strong> [ <em>signal</em> ... ]</p>
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<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
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<p>You can use kill to send a signal to the specified <em>
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jobs</em>. You can specify a signal using:</p>
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<li><em>signame</em> - A signal name.</li>
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<li><em>signum</em> - A signal number.</li>
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<li><em>sig</em> - Either a signal name or signal number with no
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space after the minus (<strong>-</strong>).</li>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Note:</strong></td>
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<td>The valid signal numbers on i5/OS<SUP>(TM)</SUP> may be different than the
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signal numbers on other systems. You can list the valid signal
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names by specifying the <strong>-l</strong> option. For
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portability, you should always specify the signal name.</td>
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<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
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<dt><strong>-l</strong></dt>
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<dd>List signal names. If there are no arguments, <strong>
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qsh</strong> displays all of the signal names. If <em>signal</em>
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is a name, <strong>qsh</strong> displays the corresponding signal
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number. If <em>signal</em> is a number, <strong>qsh</strong>
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displays the corresponding signal name.</dd>
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<dt><strong>-n</strong></dt>
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<dd>A signal number.</dd>
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<dt><strong>-s</strong></dt>
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<dd>A signal name in either uppercase or lowercase.</dd>
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</dl>
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<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
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<p>Each <em>job</em> specifies an active job. The job can be
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specified as a:</p>
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<li>Number to refer to a process id.</li>
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<li>%number to refer to a job number.</li>
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<li>%string to refer to a job whose name begins with string.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
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<li>0 when successful.</li>
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<li>>0 when unsuccessful. If the <strong>-l</strong> option was
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not specified, the exit status is the number of jobs to which
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<strong>qsh</strong> could not send the signal.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Related information</strong></p>
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<li><a href="jobs.htm">jobs - Display status of jobs in current
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session</a></li>
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<li><a href="trap.htm">trap - Trap signals</a></li>
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<li><a href="wait.htm">wait - Wait for process completion</a></li>
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</ul>
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<strong>Examples</strong>
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<li>Send the USR1 signal to process id 16711: <strong>kill</strong>
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-s USR1 16711</li>
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<li>Send the USR1 signal to job 1: <strong>kill</strong> -n 7
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%1</li>
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<li>List the valid signal names: <strong>kill</strong> -l</li>
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