# phpman > man > snice(1)

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## NAME
       skill, snice - send a signal or report process status

## SYNOPSIS
       **skill** [_signal_] [_options_] _expression_
       **snice** [_new_ _priority_] [_options_] _expression_

## DESCRIPTION
       These tools are obsolete and unportable.  The command syntax is poorly defined.  Consider us‐
       ing the killall, pkill, and pgrep commands instead.

       The default signal for skill is TERM.  Use -l or -L to list available signals.   Particularly
       useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0.  Alternate signals may be specified
       in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL.

       The default priority for snice is +4.  Priority numbers  range  from  +20  (slowest)  to  -20
       (fastest).  Negative priority numbers are restricted to administrative users.

## OPTIONS
### -f --fast
              Fast mode.  This option has not been implemented.

### -i --interactive
              Interactive use.  You will be asked to approve each action.

### -l --list
              List all signal names.

### -L --table
              List all signal names in a nice table.

### -n --no-action
              No  action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not actually change
              the system.

### -v --verbose
              Verbose; explain what is being done.

### -w --warnings
              Enable warnings.  This option has not been implemented.

### -h --help
              Display help text and exit.

### -V --version
              Display version information.

## PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS
       Selection criteria can be: terminal, user, pid, command.  The options below may  be  used  to
       ensure correct interpretation.

### -t --tty
              The next expression is a terminal (tty or pty).

### -u --user
              The next expression is a username.

### -p --pid
              The next expression is a process ID number.

### -c --command
              The next expression is a command name.

       **--ns** _pid_
              Match the processes that belong to the same namespace as pid.

       **--nslist** _ns_,_..._
              list  which  namespaces will be considered for the --ns option.  Available namespaces:
              ipc, mnt, net, pid, user, uts.

## SIGNALS
       The behavior of signals is explained in [**signal**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/signal/7/markdown) manual page.

## EXAMPLES
### snice -c seti -c crack +7
              Slow down seti and crack commands.

       **skill** **-KILL** **-t** **/dev/pts/***
              Kill users on PTY devices.

### skill -STOP -u viro -u lm -u davem
              Stop three users.

## SEE ALSO
       [**kill**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kill/1/markdown), [**kill**(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kill/2/markdown), [**killall**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/killall/1/markdown), [**nice**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nice/1/markdown), [**pkill**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pkill/1/markdown), [**renice**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/renice/1/markdown), [**signal**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/signal/7/markdown)

## STANDARDS
       No standards apply.

## AUTHOR
       Albert Cahalan ⟨<albert@users.sf.net>⟩ wrote skill and snice in 1999 as  a  replacement  for  a
       non-free version.

## REPORTING BUGS
       Please send bug reports to ⟨<procps@freelists.org>⟩



procps-ng                                    2018-05-31                                     [SKILL(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SKILL/1/markdown)