kill for platform
Kill a process using its process ID.
Signature
> kill {flags} ...rest
Flags
-
--force, -f: Forcefully kill the process. -
--quiet, -q: Won't print anything to the console. -
--signal, -s {int}: Signal decimal number to be sent instead of the default 15 (unsupported on Windows).
Parameters
-
...rest: Process ids of processes that are to be killed.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| nothing | any |
Examples
Kill the pid using the most memory.
> ps | sort-by mem | last | kill $in.pid
Force kill a given pid.
> kill --force 12345
Send INT signal.
> kill -s 2 12345
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