kill
NAME
kill - Send the signal named by sigspec or signum to the processes named by pid or jobspecSYNOPSIS
kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] [pid | jobspec] ...
kill -l|-L [sigspec | exit_status]
DESCRIPTION
Send the signal named by sigspec or signum to the processes named by pid or jobspec. sigspec is either a case-insensitive signal name such as SIGKILL (with or without the SIG prefix) or a signal number; signum is a signal number. If sigspec is not present, then SIGTERM is assumed. An argument of -l lists the signal names. If any arguments are supplied when -l is given, the names of the signals corresponding to the arguments are listed, and the return status is 0. The exit_status argument to -l is a number specifying either a signal number or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. The -L option is equivalent to -l. kill returns true if at least one signal was successfully sent, or false if an error occurs or an invalid option is encountered.
SEE ALSO
This is extracted from the main bash man page, see there for more details.