Killing Processes on linux and more options we can add

Processes on Linux

Created: 2022-06-22
Tags: #literature

kill <PID>
For instance, to kill PID 1337, we'd use kill 1337.

Optional Arguments to send
Below are some of the signals that we can send to a process when it is killed:

  • SIGTERM - Kill the process, but allow it to do some cleanup tasks beforehand. Basically cleanly kill the process
  • SIGKILL - Kill the process - doesn't do any cleanup after the fact
  • SIGSTOP - Stop/suspend a process

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