github.com/eikeon/docker@v1.5.0-rc4/docs/man/docker-kill.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-kill - Kill a running container using SIGKILL or a specified signal 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker kill** 9 [**--help**] 10 [**-s**|**--signal**[=*"KILL"*]] 11 CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 12 13 # DESCRIPTION 14 15 The main process inside each container specified will be sent SIGKILL, 16 or any signal specified with option --signal. 17 18 # OPTIONS 19 **--help** 20 Print usage statement 21 22 **-s**, **--signal**="KILL" 23 Signal to send to the container 24 25 # HISTORY 26 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 27 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 28 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>