Linux Commands | Process Management | kill Terminate Processes

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kill Command

The kill command terminates processes.

Syntax

kill (option) [PID: process ID]

Options (Signals)

  • -1: Restart (HUP)
  • -9: Force termination (KILL)
  • -15: Wait and terminate normally (TERM)

kill Command Example

// Check the PID of the process whose name is tomcat
ps -ef | grep tomcat
  501  2177     1   0 11:36PM ttys000    0:05.94

... omitted ...

// Terminate the process with PID 2177
kill -9 2177