In this lesson, we will learn how to terminate or kill processes.

Terminating a Process with kill

The kill command allows you to send a signal to a process, asking it to terminate.

kill PID

• Replace PID with the process ID.

Forcefully Terminating a Process with kill -9

If a process does not respond to a regular kill, you can use kill -9 to force it to terminate.

kill -9 PID