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vinaytp

12-07-2009 04:32 AM

kill command

Hi all...

Is it possible to kill any process in linux with just kill command without any options like -15 or -9...

I mean

Code:

kill PID

I know below commands work just fine

Code:

kill -15 PID  # is for gracefull kill

kill -9 PID # is for forcefull kill

Thanks in advance...

vishesh

12-07-2009 04:37 AM

Kill basically send signal to process, by specifying argument you specify type of signal you want to send to running process.

Thanks

AngTheo789

12-07-2009 08:29 AM

I usually only use the form
# kill <PID>
so it certainly works without any options.

vishesh

12-07-2009 10:01 PM

Remember that
'The default signal for kill is TERM'

So it request to terminate the process. For detail see man kill

thanks

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