github.com/stchris/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150106053530-1510a324dbd5/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 [**-s**|**--signal**[=*"KILL"*]] 10 CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 11 12 # DESCRIPTION 13 14 The main process inside each container specified will be sent SIGKILL, 15 or any signal specified with option --signal. 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 **-s**, **--signal**="KILL" 19 Signal to send to the container 20 21 # HISTORY 22 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 23 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 24 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>