nushell/docs/commands/kill.md
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---
title: kill
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---
Kill a process using the process id.
## Signature
```> kill (pid) ...rest --force --quiet --signal```
## Parameters
- `pid`: process id of process that is to be killed
- `...rest`: rest of processes to kill
- `--force`: forcefully kill the process
- `--quiet`: won't print anything to the console
- `--signal {int}`: signal decimal number to be sent instead of the default 15 (unsupported on Windows)
## Examples
Kill the pid using the most memory
```shell
> ps | sort-by mem | last | kill $in.pid
```
Force kill a given pid
```shell
> kill --force 12345
```
Send INT signal
```shell
> kill -s 2 12345
```