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diff --git a/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 b/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..af3a60329245 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/killall/killall.1 @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1995 by Joerg Wunsch, Dresden +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING +.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd June 27, 2020 +.Dt KILLALL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm killall +.Nd kill processes by name +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl delmsvz +.Op Fl help +.Op Fl I +.Op Fl j Ar jail +.Op Fl u Ar user +.Op Fl t Ar tty +.Op Fl c Ar procname +.Op Fl Ar SIGNAL +.Op Ar procname ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility kills processes selected by name, as opposed to the selection by PID +as done by +.Xr kill 1 . +By default, it will send a +.Dv TERM +signal to all processes with a real UID identical to the +caller of +.Nm +that match the name +.Ar procname . +The super-user is allowed to kill any process. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl c Ar procname" +.It Fl d +Be more verbose about what will be done, but do not send any signal. +The total number of user processes and the real user ID is shown. +A list of the processes that will be sent the signal will be printed, or a +message indicating that no matching processes have been found. +.It Fl e +Use the effective user ID instead of the (default) real user ID for matching +processes specified with the +.Fl u +option. +.It Fl help +Give a help on the command usage and exit. +.It Fl I +Request confirmation before attempting to signal each +process. +.It Fl l +List the names of the available signals and exit, like in +.Xr kill 1 . +.It Fl m +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 +running under the real UID of the caller. +.It Fl v +Be verbose about what will be done. +.It Fl s +Same as +.Fl v , +but do not send any signal. +.It Fl Ar SIGNAL +Send a different signal instead of the default +.Dv TERM . +The signal may be specified either as a name +(with or without a leading +.Dq Li SIG ) , +or numerically. +.It Fl j Ar jail +Kill processes in the specified +.Ar jail . +.It Fl u Ar user +Limit potentially matching processes to those belonging to +the specified +.Ar user . +.It Fl t Ar tty +Limit potentially matching processes to those running on +the specified +.Ar tty . +.It Fl c Ar procname +Limit potentially matching processes to those matching +the specified +.Ar procname . +.It Fl q +Suppress error message if no processes are matched. +.It Fl z +Do not skip zombies. +This should not have any effect except to print a few error messages +if there are zombie processes that match the specified pattern. +.El +.Sh ALL PROCESSES +Sending a signal to all processes with the given UID +is already supported by +.Xr kill 1 . +So use +.Xr kill 1 +for this job (e.g.\& +.Dq Li "kill -TERM -1" +or as root +.Dq Li "echo kill -TERM -1 | su -m <user>" ) . +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +This +.Fx +implementation of +.Nm +has completely different semantics as compared to the traditional +.Ux +System V behavior of +.Nm . +The latter will kill all processes that the current user is able to +kill, and is intended to be used by the system shutdown process only. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits 0 if some processes have been found and +signalled successfully. +Otherwise, a status of 1 will be +returned. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Send +.Dv SIGTERM +to all firefox processes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall firefox +.Ed +.Pp +Send +.Dv SIGTERM +to firefox processes belonging to +.Va USER : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -u ${USER} firefox +.Ed +.Pp +Stop all firefox processes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -SIGSTOP firefox +.Ed +.Pp +Resume firefox processes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -SIGCONT firefox +.Ed +.Pp +Show what would be done to firefox processes, but do not actually signal them: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -s firefox +.Ed +.Pp +Send +.Dv SIGKILL +to csh process running inside jail ID 282: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -9 -j282 csh +.Ed +.Pp +Send +.Dv SIGTERM +to all processes matching provided pattern (like vim and vimdiff): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +killall -m 'vim*' +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Diagnostic messages will only be printed if the +.Fl d +flag is used. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kill 1 , +.Xr pkill 1 , +.Xr sysctl 3 , +.Xr jail 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Fx 2.1 . +It has been modeled after the +.Nm +command as available on other platforms. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +program was originally written in Perl and was contributed by +.An Wolfram Schneider , +this manual page has been written by +.An J\(:org Wunsch . +The current version of +.Nm +was rewritten in C by +.An Peter Wemm +using +.Xr sysctl 3 . |