{
"name": "pkill",
"description": "Send the specified signal (by default SIGTERM) to each specified process",
"options": [
{
"names": [
"--signal"
],
"description": "Signal to send (either number or name)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "signal",
"description": "Signal to send",
"suggestions": [
"SIGABRT",
"SIGALRM",
"SIGBUS",
"SIGCHLD",
"SIGCLD",
"SIGCONT",
"SIGEMT",
"SIGFPE",
"SIGHUP",
"SIGILL",
"SIGINFO",
"SIGINT",
"SIGIO",
"SIGIOT",
"SIGKILL",
"SIGLOST",
"SIGPIPE",
"SIGPOLL",
"SIGPROF",
"SIGPWR",
"SIGQUIT",
"SIGSEGV",
"SIGSTKFLT",
"SIGSTOP",
"SIGTSTP",
"SIGSYS",
"SIGTERM",
"SIGTRAP",
"SIGTTIN",
"SIGTTOU",
"SIGUNUSED",
"SIGURG",
"SIGUSR1",
"SIGUSR2",
"SIGVTALRM",
"SIGXCPU",
"SIGXFSZ",
"SIGWINCH"
]
}
},
{
"names": [
"-q",
"--queue"
],
"description": "Integer value to be sent with the signal",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "value"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-e",
"--echo"
],
"description": "Display what is killed"
},
{
"names": [
"-f",
"--full"
],
"description": "Use full process name to match"
},
{
"names": [
"-g",
"--pgroup"
],
"description": "Match listed process group IDs",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "PGID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-G",
"--group"
],
"description": "Match real group IDs",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "GID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-i",
"--ignore-case"
],
"description": "Match case insensitively"
},
{
"names": [
"-n",
"--newest"
],
"description": "Select most recently started"
},
{
"names": [
"-o",
"--oldest"
],
"description": "Select least recently started"
},
{
"names": [
"-O",
"--older"
],
"description": "Select where older than seconds",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "seconds"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-P",
"--parent"
],
"description": "Match only child processes of the given parent",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "PPID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-s",
"--session"
],
"description": "Match session IDs",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "SID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-t",
"--terminal"
],
"description": "Match by controlling terminal",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "tty",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-u",
"--euid"
],
"description": "Match by effective IDs",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "ID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-U",
"--uid"
],
"description": "Match by real IDs",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "ID",
"is_variadic": true
}
},
{
"names": [
"-x",
"--exact"
],
"description": "Match exactly with the command name"
},
{
"names": [
"-F",
"--pidfile"
],
"description": "Read PIDs from file",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "file",
"template": "filepaths"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-L",
"logpidfile"
],
"description": "Fail if PID file is not locked"
},
{
"names": [
"-r",
"--runstates"
],
"description": "Match runstates",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "state"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--ns"
],
"description": "Match the processes that belong to a specified PID",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "PID"
}
},
{
"names": [
"--nslist"
],
"description": "List which namespaces will be considered for the --ns option",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "ns",
"is_variadic": true,
"suggestions": [
"ipc",
"mnt",
"net",
"pid",
"user",
"uts"
]
}
},
{
"names": [
"-h",
"--help"
],
"description": "Output help message and exit"
},
{
"names": [
"-V",
"--version"
],
"description": "Output version information and exit"
}
],
"args": [
{
"name": "pattern",
"description": "Specifies an Extended Regular Expression for matching against the process names or command lines"
}
]
}