kill for platform

Kill a process using its process ID.

Signature

> kill {flags} ...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

  • ...rest: Process ids of processes that are to be killed.

Input/output types:

inputoutput
nothingany

Examples

Kill the pid using the most memory.

> ps | sort-by mem | last | kill $in.pid

Force kill a given pid.

> kill --force 12345

Send INT signal.

> kill -s 2 12345