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| author | Karel Zak | 2014-04-07 11:22:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-04-07 11:22:12 +0200 |
| commit | 10ab72e7a19a7c827f890d7bf47eb862c04e48b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ec3f4b19fe7ec72cac3831a963a18ae293be567 /misc-utils/kill.1 | |
| parent | kill: add copyrights, etc. (diff) | |
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kill: make kill-by-name more obvious in man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/kill.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/kill.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/kill.1 b/misc-utils/kill.1 index 7a30df81b..dd1b1eead 100644 --- a/misc-utils/kill.1 +++ b/misc-utils/kill.1 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kill \- terminate a process .IR sigval ] .RB [ \-a ] .RB [ \-\- ] -.IR pid ... +.IR pid|name ... .br .B kill -l .RI [ signal ] @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ processes which do not catch this signal. For other processes, it may be necessary to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught. .PP Most modern shells have a builtin kill function, with a usage rather similar to -that of the command described here. The '-a' and '-p' options, and the -possibility to specify processes by command name are a local extension. +that of the command described here. The \-\-all, \-\-pid, and \-\-queue options, +and the possibility to specify processes by command name are a local extension. .PP If sig is 0, then no signal is sent, but error checking is still performed. .SH OPTIONS @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Specify the list of processes that .B kill should signal. Each .I pid -can be one of five things: +can be one of four things: .RS .TP .I n @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ are signaled. When an argument of the form '-n' is given, and it is meant to denote a process group, either the signal must be specified first, or the argument must be preceded by a '--' option, otherwise it will be taken as the signal to send. +.RE .TP -.I commandname +.I name All processes invoked using that name will be signaled. -.RE .TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR \fIsignal\fR Specify the signal to send. The signal may be given as a signal name or |