In UNIX, what is the command to kill a process?

Answer Posted / jagadeeb choudhury

Kill -9 <PID> or Kill -s Kill <PID>
To Kill a process forcibly or definitely kill.

Kill -15 <PID> or kill -s term <PID>
To terminate a Process.



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