What are the signals we have in Linux

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What are the signals we have in Linux..

Answer / sharmila

"kill" command lists all the signals on linux
type "kill -l" at the shell to see the list

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What are the signals we have in Linux..

Answer / manoj

Kill -15 (pid no.) terminate cleanly

Kill -9 (pid no.) terminate immediately

kill –a (Pid no.) re-read config. File

kill -all

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What are the signals we have in Linux..

Answer / b.ramkumar

There are more that 15 different signal. Listing some of
the frequently used signals below

STOP - This signal will stop the currently running process.
The process will still stay in the task list

CONT - Will continue the stopped process

TERM - This singal will terminate the process

HUP - Will restart currently running process

NOHUP - Will reload the process (in the sense, only reads
the config file and bring the new changes to effect without
restarting...)

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