Linux with a kill command to terminate a process without forcing a total system reboot. This ability is significant when you need to continue running the server without the need to reboot after a major change/update.
Kill command sends a specified signal to a currently running process. The kill command can be executed in a number of ways, either directly or from a shell script. Here we’ll take a look at some of your options.
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