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		<id>http://wiki.6bit.ch/index.php?title=Process_Control&amp;diff=79&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Xbl at 15:00, 30 November 2022</title>
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		<updated>2022-11-30T15:00:55Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 17:00, 30 November 2022&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l7&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Useful Flags ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Useful Flags ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;L&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; display list of signals&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;l&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; display list of signals&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Most Important Signals ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Most Important Signals ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>http://wiki.6bit.ch/index.php?title=Process_Control&amp;diff=77&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Xbl at 13:20, 30 November 2022</title>
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		<updated>2022-11-30T13:20:54Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 15:20, 30 November 2022&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l13&quot;&gt;Line 13:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGKILL / 9&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; kills process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGKILL / 9&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; kills process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGTERM / 15&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; terminates a program cleanly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGTERM / 15&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; terminates a program cleanly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGSTOP / 17&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; stops a running foreground process (Same as Ctrl&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/del&gt;z)&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGSTOP / 17&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; stops a running foreground process (Same as Ctrl&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;+&lt;/ins&gt;z)&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGCONT / 18&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; continues a stopped process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGCONT / 18&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; continues a stopped process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Xbl: Created page with &quot;= kill =  Sends a signal to a process id.  == Use == &lt;code&gt;kill -s &lt;signal&gt; &lt;pid&gt;&lt;/code&gt; send &lt;signal&gt; (SIGTERM if not defined) to &lt;pid&gt;&lt;/br&gt;  == Useful Flags == &lt;code&gt;-L&lt;/code&gt; display list of signals&lt;/br&gt;  == Most Important Signals == &lt;code&gt;SIGINT / 2&lt;/code&gt; INTERRUPT (Same as Ctrl+c) cancel a running process&lt;/br&gt; &lt;code&gt;SIGKILL / 9&lt;/code&gt; kills process&lt;/br&gt; &lt;code&gt;SIGTERM / 15&lt;/code&gt; terminates a program cleanly&lt;/br&gt; &lt;code&gt;SIGSTOP / 17&lt;/code&gt; stops a running foreground...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2022-11-30T13:19:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;= kill =  Sends a signal to a process id.  == Use == &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;kill -s &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; send &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; (SIGTERM if not defined) to &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;  == Useful Flags == &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-L&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; display list of signals&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;  == Most Important Signals == &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGINT / 2&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; INTERRUPT (Same as Ctrl+c) cancel a running process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGKILL / 9&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; kills process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGTERM / 15&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; terminates a program cleanly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGSTOP / 17&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; stops a running foreground...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;= kill =&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sends a signal to a process id.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Use ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;kill -s &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; send &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; (SIGTERM if not defined) to &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Useful Flags ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-L&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; display list of signals&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Most Important Signals ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGINT / 2&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; INTERRUPT (Same as Ctrl+c) cancel a running process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGKILL / 9&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; kills process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGTERM / 15&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; terminates a program cleanly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGSTOP / 17&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; stops a running foreground process (Same as Ctrl-z)&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SIGCONT / 18&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; continues a stopped process&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
= pkill =&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sends a signal to a process name.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Use ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;pkill -s &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; send &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; to all processes matching &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Useful Flags ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-x, --exact&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; process name must match exactly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
= killall=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Almost the same as pkill.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Use ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;killall -s &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; send &amp;lt;signal&amp;gt; to all processes matching &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Useful Flags ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-e, --exact&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; process name must match exactly&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
= pgrep =&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Find PID from pattern.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Use ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;pgrep &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; display process ids matching &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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