{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "killall5",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/killall5/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T13:00:30Z",
    "synopsis": "killall5 -signalnumber [-o omitpid[,omitpid...]]  [-o omitpid[,omitpid...]...]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "killall5 -- send a signal to all processes.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "killall5 -signalnumber [-o omitpid[,omitpid...]]  [-o omitpid[,omitpid...]...]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "killall5  is  the  SystemV  killall command. It sends a signal to all processes except kernel\nthreads and the processes in its own session, so it won't kill the shell that is running  the\nscript  it  was  called  from.  Its  primary  (only)  use  is  in the rc scripts found in the\n/etc/init.d directory.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "-o omitpid\nTells killall5 to omit processes with that process id.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "NOTES": {
            "content": "killall5 can also be invoked as pidof, which is simply a (symbolic) link to the killall5 pro‐\ngram.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXIT STATUS": {
            "content": "The program return zero if it killed processes.  It return 2 if no process were killed, and 1\nif it was unable to find any processes (/proc/ is missing).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "halt(8), reboot(8), pidof(8)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl\n\n\n\n04 Nov 2003                                 KILLALL5(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "killall5 -- send a signal to all processes.",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "halt",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/halt/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "reboot",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/reboot/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pidof",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pidof/8/json"
        }
    ]
}