.CD "kill \(en send a signal to a process"
.SX "kill\fR [\fB\(en\fIn\fR] \fIprocess"
.FL "\(en\fIn\fR" "Signal number to send"
.EX "kill 35" "Send signal 15 to process 35"
.EX "kill \(en9 40" "Send signal 9 to process 40"
.EX "kill \(en2 0" "Send signal 2 to whole process group"
.PP
A signal is sent to a given process.
By default signal 15 (SIGTERM) is sent.
Process 0 means all the processes in the sender's process group.