Linux and Unix kill command tutorial with examples

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What is the kill command in UNIX? ¶ The kill command is a command line utility to for terminating processes. It is normally a shell builtin meaning the command is called from a users shell rather than an external executable program. By default the kill command will send a TERM signal to a process allowing the process to perform any cleanup operations before shutting down. The kill command also…

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