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44 .Nd find or signal processes by name
71 command searches the process table on the running system and prints the
72 process IDs of all processes that match the criteria given on the command
77 command searches the process table on the running system and signals all
78 processes that match the criteria given on the command line.
80 The following options are available:
81 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx
83 Restrict matches to processes with a real group ID in the comma-separated
87 Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
91 Restrict matches to processes with a real user ID in the comma-separated
95 Specify a delimiter to be printed between each process ID.
96 The default is a newline.
97 This option can only be used with the
101 Match against full argument lists.
102 The default is to match against process names.
104 Restrict matches to processes with a process group ID in the comma-separated
107 The value zero is taken to mean the process group ID of the running
114 Print the process name in addition to the process ID for each matching
116 If used in conjunction with
118 print the process ID and the full argument list for each matching process.
119 This option can only be used with the
123 Match only the most recently created process, if any.
125 Restrict matches to processes with a session ID in the comma-separated
128 The value zero is taken to mean the session ID of the running
134 Restrict matches to processes associated with a terminal in the
137 Terminal names may be of the form
139 or the shortened form
141 A single dash (`-') matches processes not associated with a terminal.
143 Restrict matches to processes with an effective user ID in the
147 Reverse the sense of the matching; display processes that do not match the
150 Require an exact match of the process name, or argument list if
153 The default is to match any substring.
155 A non-negative decimal number or symbolic signal name specifying the signal
156 to be sent instead of the default TERM.
157 This option is valid only when given as the first argument to
165 process will never consider itself nor system processes (kernel threads) as
171 return one of the following values upon exit:
174 One or more processes were matched.
176 No processes were matched.
178 Invalid options were specified on the command line.
180 An internal error occurred.
195 They are modeled after utilities of the same name that appeared in Sun
197 They first appeared in