kill

Send signals to processes by PID. Use SIGTERM first, SIGKILL only if needed.

Synopsis

kill [options] <pid>

Core Options

-15

SIGTERM (graceful stop).

-9

SIGKILL (force stop).

-HUP

Reload configuration (common for daemons).

-l

List available signals.

Usage Examples

Graceful Stop

Ask process to terminate.

kill -15 1234

Force Stop

Terminate unresponsive process.

kill -9 1234

Reload Daemon

Reload config without downtime.

kill -HUP 1234
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