How to kill a process in a top?
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Press k for kill and enter PID and signal to kill.
Some common signals:
| Number | Name (short name) | Description | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | SIGNULL (NULL) | Null | Check access to pid |
| 1 | SIGHUP (HUP) | Hangup | Terminate; can be trapped |
| 2 | SIGINT (INT) | Interrupt | Terminate; can be trapped |
| 3 | SIGQUIT (QUIT) | Quit | Terminate with core dump; can be trapped |
| 9 | SIGKILL (KILL) | Kill | Forced termination; cannot be trapped |
| 15 | SIGTERM (TERM) | Terminate | Terminate; can be trapped |
| 24 | SIGSTOP (STOP) | Stop | Pause the process; cannot be trapped. This is default if signal not provided to kill command. |
| 25 | SIGTSTP (STP) | Terminal | Stop/pause the process; can be trapped |
| 26 | SIGCONT (CONT) | Continue | Run a stopped process |
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Denny00 almost 2 years
Unlike htop -- top is more difficult for me and I would to know how to kill any process in top ? Thank in advance my Stackoverflow friends !
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Jeff Schaller almost 6 yearsI think you meant Unix & Linux? Stack Overflow is over there -
Denny00 almost 6 yearsYes I mean Linux and Unix and I am in a right place @JeffSchaller !
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Denny00 almost 6 yearsUnix & Linux is a subsidiary of Stackoverflow isn't @JeffSchaller?
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Jeff Schaller almost 6 yearsMy understanding is that U&L, SO, and others are all subsidiary entities of Stack Exchange.
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