Package: procps Version: 1:3.3.3-3 Severity: normal This works as documented by "man kill", using the bash kill built-in:
~$ ( yes | ts > foo ) & [3] 8950 ~$ echo $! 8950 ~$ kill -s 15 -$! ~$ And here is what /bin/kill does (which, of course, is actually what "man kill" purports to describe): ~$ ( yes | ts > foo ) & [4] 9082 ~$ ps x | fgrep yes | fgrep -v fgrep 9083 pts/0 S 0:00 yes ~$ /bin/kill -s 15 -$! /bin/kill: invalid option -- '9' Usage: kill [options] <pid> [...] Options: <pid> [...] send signal to every <pid> listed -<signal>, -s, --signal <signal> specify the <signal> to be sent -l, --list=[<signal>] list all signal names, or convert one to a name -L, --table list all signal names in a nice table -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit For more details see kill(1). ~$ ps x | fgrep yes | fgrep -v fgrep 9083 pts/0 S 0:00 yes -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.8 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.10.65.5 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages procps depends on: ii initscripts 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u6 ii libncurses5 5.9-10 ii libncursesw5 5.9-10 ii libprocps0 1:3.3.3-3 ii libtinfo5 5.9-10 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1 Versions of packages procps recommends: ii psmisc 22.19-1+deb7u1 procps suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/sysctl.conf changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org