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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/killall/killall.1')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 b/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 index 709f99beb29c..9580d05c0971 100644 --- a/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 +++ b/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ The super-user is allowed to kill any process. The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 10n -offset indent .It Fl d | v -Be more verbose about what will be done. For a single +Be more verbose about what will be done. +For a single .Fl d option, a list of the processes that will be sent the signal will be printed, or a message indicating that no matching processes have been @@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ Match the argument .Ar procname as a (case sensitive) regular expression against the names of processes found. -CAUTION! This is dangerous, a single dot will match any process +CAUTION! +This is dangerous, a single dot will match any process running under the real UID of the caller. .It Fl s Show only what would be done, but do not send any signal. @@ -120,15 +122,17 @@ is already supported by .Xr kill 1 . So use .Xr kill 1 -for this job (e.g. $ kill -TERM -1 or +for this job (e.g.\& $ kill -TERM -1 or as root $ echo kill -TERM -1 | su -m <user>) .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Nm command will respond with a short usage message and exit with a status -of 2 in case of a command error. A status of 1 will be returned if +of 2 in case of a command error. +A status of 1 will be returned if either no matching process has been found or not all processes have -been signalled successfully. Otherwise, a status of 0 will be +been signalled successfully. +Otherwise, a status of 0 will be returned. .Pp Diagnostic messages will only be printed if requested by |