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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4426- April 24, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4426- April 24, 2025
 
KILL REALLY DOES NOT KILL  
  
kill is not really meant only  
to kill a process.  But main  
intention is to send a signal  
to process.And the process  
handles these signals to do  
various tasks.  
  
  
kill -INT 1234  
#where 1234 is the Process ID  
is really, this set an  
interrupt signal, Ctrl-C is an  
example of interupt signal given  
to shell.  
  
  
kill -HUP 1234  
#some UNIX daemons handle this,  
to do refreshing business.  
  
  
kill -KILL 1234  
This is the sure kill,which  
cannot be handled by any process.  
Also know as, kill -9 1234.  
  
Just, check the in the file  
/usr/include/sys/signal.h for all  
signals on the system.  
  
More about this can be found on  
kill and signal man pages.  
  
This tip generously supported by: dkotian1@rediffmail.com  
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