github.com/opencontainers/runc@v1.2.0-rc.1.0.20240520010911-492dc558cdd6/man/runc-kill.8.md (about) 1 % runc-kill "8" 2 3 # NAME 4 **runc-kill** - send a specified signal to container 5 6 # SYNOPSIS 7 **runc kill** _container-id_ [_signal_] 8 9 # DESCRIPTION 10 11 By default, **runc kill** sends **SIGTERM** to the container's initial process 12 only. 13 14 A different signal can be specified either by its name (with or without the 15 **SIG** prefix), or its numeric value. Use **kill**(1) with **-l** option 16 to list available signals. 17 18 # EXAMPLES 19 20 The following will send a **KILL** signal to the init process of the 21 **ubuntu01** container: 22 23 # runc kill ubuntu01 KILL 24 25 # SEE ALSO 26 27 **runc**(1).