kill: make kill-by-name more obvious in man page

Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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Karel Zak 2014-04-07 11:22:12 +02:00
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kill \- terminate a process
.IR sigval ]
.RB [ \-a ]
.RB [ \-\- ]
.IR pid ...
.IR pid|name ...
.br
.B kill -l
.RI [ signal ]
@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ processes which do not catch this signal. For other processes, it may be
necessary to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
.PP
Most modern shells have a builtin kill function, with a usage rather similar to
that of the command described here. The '-a' and '-p' options, and the
possibility to specify processes by command name are a local extension.
that of the command described here. The \-\-all, \-\-pid, and \-\-queue options,
and the possibility to specify processes by command name are a local extension.
.PP
If sig is 0, then no signal is sent, but error checking is still performed.
.SH OPTIONS
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Specify the list of processes that
.B kill
should signal. Each
.I pid
can be one of five things:
can be one of four things:
.RS
.TP
.I n
@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ are signaled. When an argument of the form '-n' is given, and it is meant to
denote a process group, either the signal must be specified first, or the
argument must be preceded by a '--' option, otherwise it will be taken as the
signal to send.
.TP
.I commandname
All processes invoked using that name will be signaled.
.RE
.TP
.I name
All processes invoked using that name will be signaled.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR \fIsignal\fR
Specify the signal to send. The signal may be given as a signal name or
number.