pkill
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Key facts
- Software.name
- pkill
- Software.operating system
- Unix, Unix-like
- Software.platform
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Command
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(see ) is a command-line utility initially written for use with the Solaris 7 operating system in 1998. It has since been reimplemented for Linux and some BSDs.
As with the and commands, is used to send signals to processes. The command allows the use of extended regular expression patterns and other matching criteria.
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