From 52c3a8b9707d63ac829b1fb25a7e104a54918de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Bunt Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:12:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added kill.md documentation --- _commands/basics/kill.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _commands/basics/kill.md diff --git a/_commands/basics/kill.md b/_commands/basics/kill.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0f918443 --- /dev/null +++ b/_commands/basics/kill.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + +## kill + +#### **Description** + +`kill` is a command used to terminate a process. These processes are tasks that a program may be trying to complete. For each process there is a PID (process ID), which can be used with the kill command to halt the execution of specific processes. + +#### **Syntax** + +`kill [signal or option] PIDs` + +#### **flags** +`-l` lists all available signals with no descriptions +`w` waits for all processes to finish before exiting