Simplified Manual Pages |
The standard set of manual pages (often called man pages) which are available in most flavours of Linux, BSD and Unix tend to be long and they can be cryptic. Manual pages tend to list what options are available without explaining why we might use them. Further, many manual pages do not provide examples.
The TLDR-pages project has compiled a collection of simplified manual pages which present commands with a clear explanation of what each command does and lists examples of how the command is most often used. These simplified pages are available below.
kill
Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process.
All signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to perform a clean exit.
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- Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
kill process_id
- List signal values and their corresponding names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix):
kill -L|-table
- Terminate a background job:
kill %job_id
- Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating:
kill -1|HUP process_id
- Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `Ctrl + C`:
kill -2|INT process_id
- Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal):
kill -9|KILL process_id
- Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT ("continue") signal is received:
kill -17|STOP process_id
- Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id):
kill -SIGUSR1 -group_id
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