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kill -l lists the signal names, which are also given in <sys/signal.h> (you must strip off the common SIG prefix).
The terminate signal will kill processes that do not catch the signal; `kill -KILL ...' is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be caught. By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members in the process group (i.e. processes resulting from the current login) are signaled. (But beware: this works only if you use sh.1 not if you use csh.1 Negative process numbers also have special meanings; see kill.2 for details.
The killed processes must belong to the current user unless he is the super-user.
The process number of an asynchronous process started with `&' is reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be found by using ps.1 Kill is a built-in to csh.1 it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments so process id's are not as often used as kill arguments. See csh.1 for details.
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