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Kill a process using the process id.

Signature

> kill {flags} (pid) ...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

  • pid: process id of process that is to be killed
  • ...rest: rest of processes to kill

Input/output types:

input output
nothing any

Examples

Kill the pid using the most memory

>ps|sort-bymem|last|kill$in.pid

Force kill a given pid

>kill--force12345

Send INT signal

>kill-s212345

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