Ask a process to terminate gracefully.
Section: Process Control and Signals
Send SIGTERM
bash
bash
kill 1234Explanation
Ask a process to terminate gracefully.
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Force kill with SIGKILL
Immediately kill a process that is not responding.
Pause process with SIGSTOP
Suspend execution without terminating the process.