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.TH podman\-kill(1)
.SH NAME
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podman\-kill \- Kill the main process in one or more containers

.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpodman kill\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIcontainer\fP ...]

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\fBpodman container kill\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIcontainer\fP ...]

.SH DESCRIPTION
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The main process inside each container specified will be sent SIGKILL, or any signal specified with option \-\-signal.

.SH OPTIONS
.SS \fB\-\-all\fP, \fB\-a\fP
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Signal all running containers.  This does not include paused containers.

.SS \fB\-\-cidfile\fP
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Read container ID from the specified file and remove the container.  Can be specified multiple times.

.SS \fB\-\-latest\fP, \fB\-l\fP
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Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created container. If you use methods other than Podman
to run containers such as CRI\-O, the last started container could be from either of those methods.

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The latest option is not supported on the remote client.

.SS \fB\-\-signal\fP, \fB\-s\fP
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Signal to send to the container. For more information on Linux signals, refer to \fIman signal(7)\fP\&.

.SH EXAMPLE
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podman kill mywebserver

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podman kill 860a4b23

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podman kill \-\-signal TERM 860a4b23

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podman kill \-\-latest

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podman kill \-\-signal KILL \-a

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podman kill \-\-cidfile /home/user/cidfile\-1

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podman kill \-\-cidfile /home/user/cidfile\-1 \-\-cidfile ./cidfile\-2

.SH SEE ALSO
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podman(1), podman\-stop(1)

.SH HISTORY
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September 2017, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com
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