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kill - Kill job

Examples:-

kill 12345

Kill job with process id 12345. If job still runs add option -9 meaning immediate kill, don't try to shutdown properly.

kill %2

Kill job number 2 (as shown by the job command).



P.D. Gronbech (IT Staff) 2015-10-02