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# systemctl kill
> Send a signal to one or more processes of a unit.
> More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#kill%20PATTERN%E2%80%A6>.
- Send the `SIGTERM` signal to a unit to terminate it:
`systemctl kill {{unit}}`
- Send a specific signal to a unit:
`systemctl kill {{[-s|--signal]}} {{signal_number|signal_name}} {{unit}}`
- Send a `SIGHUP` signal to only the main process of a unit:
`systemctl kill {{[-s|--signal]}} SIGHUP --kill-whom main {{unit}}`
- List all available signals:
`systemctl kill {{[-s|--signal]}} help`