runc-kill(8)

💅 runc-kill — the manual page, but make it a group chat

okay bestie, welcome to runc-kill, part of the System Manager's Manual squad. this is the lil command that yells at your container. literally. it sends a signal to it. that's the whole job. and it eats. 🎀

---

✨ NAME ✨

runc-kill — send a specified signal to container 🫶

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

runc kill container-id [signal]

yes that's it. that's the whole vibe check. container-id is required, signal is optional because we're generous like that. 🌸

---

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so, by default, runc kill sends SIGTERM to the container's initial process only. just the one. the main character. not the whole friend group. 👑

not me assuming it nukes everything — it does NOT. initial process only, bestie. no cap.

if you wanna send a different signal, you've got options (iconic of you):

• by its name — with or without the SIG prefix, both slay ✨
• by its numeric value — for when you're feeling mysterious 💀

and if you're sitting there like "what signals even exist tho" — use kill(1) with the -l option to list all the available ones. go look. it's giving reference material. 📋

---

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

the following will send a KILL signal to the init process of the ubuntu01 container:

# runc kill ubuntu01 KILL

see how clean that is?? container id, then the signal name, no SIG needed, no notes. ate. 🔥

---

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• runc(1) — the whole runc cinematic universe, go read it 🦋

---

and that's the page!! mwah 💖

cute lil sign-off: this was runc-kill(8), hanging out in the System Manager's Manual section, brought to you by the runc girlies. go signal something responsibly, bestie. periodt. 🌈⭐