send SIGTERM with command line shortcut

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00:00 Send Sigterm With Command Line Shortcut
00:53 Accepted Answer Score 8
01:07 Answer 2 Score 34
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ANSWER 1

Score 34

It's not entirely true that you can't send SIGTERM from the command line. You can't send it from a keyboard shortcut, but you can send it from the command line.

Based on the man-page for kill, you are able to send a SIGTERM to any process. You would accomplish this by finding your process in the process table (type ps) and then typing kill -15 [pid].

Here is a list of the keyboard shortcuts that you can use in a terminal to handle processes:

Ctrl+C sends SIGINT which asks to interrupt a program but can be caught or ignored.
Ctrl+Z sends SIGTSTP which asks to pause a program but can be caught or ignored. This process can be resumed later.
Ctrl+\ sends SIGQUIT which is the same as SIGINT except it also produces a core dump.

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 8

No, SIGTERM cannot be sent from the command line, as noted at: https://superuser.com/a/343611/199930.