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authorCraig Small <csmall@users.sourceforge.net>2005-09-16 02:50:18 +0000
committerCraig Small <csmall@users.sourceforge.net>2005-09-16 02:50:18 +0000
commit4d55bc68a252a3473ca68e5cbc4dcd64e6d65578 (patch)
tree763a70f479e8f3fa3f01a995e3153441e3388be2 /doc
parentb6ee1a811f189903e07636d211a056095f35b513 (diff)
flask linux cleanup in pstree
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/killall.1 b/doc/killall.1
index 9170f5f..ed169de 100644
--- a/doc/killall.1
+++ b/doc/killall.1
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ killall \- kill processes by name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ad l
.B killall
-.RB [ \-Z , \-\-context ]
+.RB [ \-Z , \-\-context
+.IR pattern ]
.RB [ \-e , \-\-exact ]
.RB [ \-g , \-\-process\-group ]
.RB [ \-i , \-\-interactive ]
.RB [ \-q , \-\-quiet ]
+.RB [ \-r , \-\-regexp ]
.RB [ \-s , \-\-signal
.IR signal ]
+.RB [ \-u , \-\-user
+.IR user ]
.RB [ \-v , \-\-verbose ]
.RB [ \-w , \-\-wait ]
.RB [ \-I , \-\-ignore-case ]
@@ -30,9 +34,10 @@ sends a signal to all processes running any of the specified commands. If no
signal name is specified, SIGTERM is sent.
.PP
Signals can be specified either by name (e.g. \fB\-HUP\fP) or by number
-(e.g. \fB\-1\fP).
+(e.g. \fB\-1\fP) or by option \fB-s\fP.
.PP
-If the command name contains a slash (\fB/\fP), processes executing that
+If the command name is not regular expression (option \fB-r\fP)
+and contains a slash (\fB/\fP), processes executing that
particular file will be selected for killing, independent of their name.
.PP
\fBkillall\fP returns a zero return code if at least one process has been