nushell/docs/commands/kill.md

kill

Kill a process using the process id.

Usage

> kill <pid> ...args {flags} 

Parameters

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

Flags

• -h, --help: Display this help message
• -f, --force: forcefully kill the process
• -q, --quiet: won't print anything to the console
• -s, --signal : signal decimal number to be sent instead of the default 15 (unsupported on Windows)

Examples

Kill the pid using the most memory

> ps | sort-by mem | last | each { kill $it.pid }

Force kill a given pid

> kill --force 12345

Send INT signal

> kill -s 2 12345