Linux Kill

Kill: use to send signal to process

Kill -9 <PID>: kill process

kill -15 <PID>: send kill signal and let process to kill itself

kill -19 <PID>: send stop signal to process

kill -18 <PID>: send resume signal to process

 

killall <process name>: send kill signal and let process to kill itself

Example: killall httpd

killall -9 <process name>: kill process

 

skill -u <username>: send kill signal to process which start by username and let process to kill itself

skill -9 -u <username>: kill process which start by username

skill -9 <termianl>: kill process which running in the terminal

Example: skill -9 tty1