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38 .Nd find or signal processes by name
75 command searches the process table on the running system and prints the
76 process IDs of all processes that match the criteria given on the command
81 command searches the process table on the running system and signals all
82 processes that match the criteria given on the command line.
84 The following options are available:
85 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl F Ar pidfile"
87 Restrict matches to a process whose PID is stored in the
91 Restrict matches to processes with a real group ID in the comma-separated
95 Request confirmation before attempting to signal each process.
101 option must be locked with the
103 syscall or created with
106 Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
107 instead of the currently running system.
109 Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default,
110 which is the kernel image the system has booted from.
112 Restrict matches to processes with a parent process ID in the
116 Search also in system processes (kernel threads).
118 Restrict matches to processes with a real user ID in the comma-separated
122 Specify a delimiter to be printed between each process ID.
123 The default is a newline.
124 This option can only be used with the
128 Include process ancestors in the match list.
129 By default, the current
133 process and all of its ancestors are excluded (unless
137 Restrict matches to processes running with specified login class
140 Match against full argument lists.
141 The default is to match against process names.
143 Restrict matches to processes with a process group ID in the comma-separated
146 The value zero is taken to mean the process group ID of the running
152 Ignore case distinctions in both the process table and the supplied pattern.
154 Restrict matches to processes inside jails with a jail ID in the comma-separated
159 matches processes in any jail.
162 matches processes not in jail.
167 print the process name in addition to the process ID for each matching
169 If used in conjunction with
171 print the process ID and the full argument list for each matching process.
174 display the kill command used for each process killed.
176 Select only the newest (most recently started) of the matching processes.
178 Select only the oldest (least recently started) of the matching processes.
180 Do not write anything to standard output.
182 Restrict matches to processes with a session ID in the comma-separated
185 The value zero is taken to mean the session ID of the running
191 Restrict matches to processes associated with a terminal in the
194 Terminal names may be of the form
196 or the shortened form
200 matches processes not associated with a terminal.
202 Restrict matches to processes with an effective user ID in the
206 Reverse the sense of the matching; display processes that do not match the
209 Require an exact match of the process name, or argument list if
212 The default is to match any substring.
214 A non-negative decimal number or symbolic signal name specifying the signal
215 to be sent instead of the default
217 This option is valid only when given as the first argument to
223 operands are specified, they are used as regular expressions to match
224 the command name or full argument list of each process.
227 option is not specified, then the
229 will attempt to match the command name.
232 will only keep track of the first 19 characters of the command
233 name for each process.
234 Attempts to match any characters after the first 19 of a command name
241 process will never consider itself nor system processes (kernel threads) as
249 return one of the following values upon exit:
250 .Bl -tag -width indent
252 One or more processes were matched.
254 No processes were matched.
256 Invalid options were specified on the command line.
258 An internal error occurred.
261 Historically the option
263 means any jail, although in other utilities such as
267 has the opposite meaning, not in jail.
270 is deprecated, and its use is discouraged in favor of
290 They are modelled after utilities of the same name that appeared in Sun
292 They first appeared in
295 .An Andrew Doran Aq Mt ad@NetBSD.org