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NAME
    kill - Send a signal to a job.

SYNOPSIS
    kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec]

DESCRIPTION
    Send a signal to a job.
    
    Send the processes identified by PID or JOBSPEC the signal named by
    SIGSPEC or SIGNUM.  If neither SIGSPEC nor SIGNUM is present, then
    SIGTERM is assumed.
    
    Options:
      -s sig	SIG is a signal name
      -n sig	SIG is a signal number
      -l	list the signal names; if arguments follow `-l' they are
    		assumed to be signal numbers for which names should be listed
      -L	synonym for -l
    
    Kill is a shell builtin for two reasons: it allows job IDs to be used
    instead of process IDs, and allows processes to be killed if the limit
    on processes that you can create is reached.
    
    Exit Status:
    Returns success unless an invalid option is given or an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
    bash(1)

IMPLEMENTATION
    GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
    Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>