kill command

• kill: Terminates individual processes based on their Process ID (PID).
• killall: Terminates all processes with a specific name.

Can only kill your own processes, unless you add sudo, you can kill other people’s processes.

Resources

• https://ioflood.com/blog/kill-linux-command/

kill -KILL 55459

Signal	Description	Example
SIGTERM	Requests a process to terminate but allows it to perform cleanup operations before terminating.	kill -SIGTERM 1234
SIGKILL	Forces a process to terminate immediately.	kill -SIGKILL 1234
SIGSTOP	Pauses a process.	kill -SIGSTOP 1234
SIGCONT	Resumes a paused process.	kill -SIGCONT 1234
SIGHUP	Sends a signal to a process when the terminal controlling it is closed.	kill -SIGHUP 1234
SIGINT	Sends an interrupt signal, usually initiated by the user.	kill -SIGINT 1234
SIGQUIT	Sends a quit signal, which often results in a core dump.	kill -SIGQUIT 1234
SIGABRT	Sends an abort signal, which often results in a core dump.	kill -SIGABRT 1234
SIGALRM	Used to alarm/countdown.	kill -SIGALRM 1234
SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2	User-defined signals.	kill -SIGUSR1 1234