KILL(1)

📦 version 0.12.0, in arch rolling

💅 KILL(1) — the manual page, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to kill — yes it's from the General Commands Manual section 1, and yes it's giving main character energy. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you how to send signals to processes. no cap, this one's iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

kill — send a signal to processes, or list info about signals. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

kill [OPTIONS]... PID...

literally just that. options first, then the PIDs. slay. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

kill sends a signal to processes. that's it, that's the function. 🔥

but also — plot twist — it can list information about signals too. so it's like the friend who can both fight and read your tarot. two skills, one icon. ✨

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

okay here's the whole roster, no skips, no cuts:

  • -l, --list — lists signals. just vibes, just names. 📋
  • -t, --table — lists a table of signals. fancy formatting unlocked. 🎀
  • -s, --signal <signal> — sends the signal you actually picked instead of SIGTERM (which is the default, iykyk). you have range, bestie 💅
  • -h, --help — prints help. when in doubt, look it up. 🙈
  • -V, --version — prints the version. show me the receipts. ⭐

👑 VERSION 👑

for the record, the version is:

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

one number, one truth, periodt. 🌈

little reminder that SIGTERM is the default signal for -s, so if you don't specify one, that's what gets sent — no cap, that's just how it is. 🧚

okay that's the whole page, you're a kill expert now, go be the main character of your own terminal 💜💖🌸

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 — dated 2026-09-17 — and that's the General Commands Manual KILL(1) page, signed off with love 🫶✨🎀🦋

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