Kill Tool

Terminate processes by sending signals. Use for stopping unresponsive programs, managing background tasks, and process lifecycle control.

Kill - Process Signal Utility

Send termination signals to running processes identified by PID. Supports graceful shutdown (SIGTERM) and forceful termination (SIGKILL).

Usage

kill-tool [options] <pid>

Common Signals

• -15 (SIGTERM): Graceful termination - default
• -9 (SIGKILL): Force kill - immediate stop
• -2 (SIGINT): Interrupt - like Ctrl+C
• -1 (SIGHUP): Hangup - reload config
• -l: List all available signal names

Examples

# Graceful termination
kill-tool 1234

# Force kill
kill-tool -9 5678

# List all signals
kill-tool -l