Friday, January 16, 2015

What is difference between kill and kill -9

Please let me know the difference between kill and kill -9

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 kill is used for end process kill -9 is used for forcefully end the proces

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Kill will send signal 15 which is default i.e SIGTERM 15. Some processes will not be killed by this.
Kill -9 is SIGKILL which is forceful kill.
 

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