.\" $Id: kall.1,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:17 dfs Exp $
.TH KALL 1 "26 February 1991"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
kall \- kill processes by command name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kall
[\-\fIsignal\fR] prog1 [prog2...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Kall
sends the specified \fIsignal\fR (defaults to \fB-TERM\fR) to all processes
whose command name is specified on the command line.  For example:
.PP
.nf
	kall -HUP remind foobar
.fi
.PP
sends a \fBHUP\fR signal to all \fIremind\fR and \fIfoobar\fR programs.
Note that \fBkall\fR sends signals only to those processes owned by the
user invoking \fBkall\fR.
.SH AUTHOR
David F. Skoll
.SH BUGS
.B Kall
is a sh(1) script and depends on the behaviour of ps(1); thus, it is
not especially portable.
.SH SEE ALSO
remind, rem