The kill and pkill commands are powerful tools for managing processes on a Linux system

The kill command sends a signal to a process, asking it to terminate

The default signal sent by the kill command is SIGTERM

Below is an example of using the kill command to terminate a process:  "kill -SIGTERM "

Below is an example of using the kill command to terminate a process: "kill -SIGTERM "

Both kill and pkill commands can be used with different signal numbers or names to achieve different outcomes.

It's important to use these commands with caution, especially when using the SIGKILL signal

Always try to use kill first, and only resort to SIGKILL if the process does not respond.