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| - | ===== Kill Signals ===== | + | ====== Kill Signals |
| List kill signals | List kill signals | ||
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| - | ===== Kill Syntax ===== | + | ====== Kill Syntax |
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| kill [-signal] pid | kill [-signal] pid | ||
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| - | ===== Kill Examples ===== | + | ====== Kill Examples |
| Ask apache to re-read its configuration file after changes have been made. (Assumes httpd is pid 2123) | Ask apache to re-read its configuration file after changes have been made. (Assumes httpd is pid 2123) | ||
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| kill -9 2123 | kill -9 2123 | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | ====== pkill ====== | ||
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| + | Kill process by name (instead of PID) | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | pkill httpd | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Kills all process ids named httpd, sending signal 15 (SIGTERM) | ||
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| + | Remove a user's ssh session (kick user off system) | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | pkill -u rjones sshd | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | \\ | ||
| + | Kill all processes started from a specific terminal | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | pkill -t pts/1 | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * This does NOT kick them off the system, only kills their running programs started from that session. | ||
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