.TH "DOCKER" "1" " Docker User Manuals" "Docker Community" "JUNE 2014"  ""


.SH NAME
.PP
docker\-kill \- Kill a running container using SIGKILL or a specified signal


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBdocker kill\fP
[\fB\-\-help\fP]
[\fB\-s\fP|\fB\-\-signal\fP[=\fI"KILL"\fP]]
CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]


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


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fP
  Print usage statement

.PP
\fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-signal\fP="KILL"
   Signal to send to the container


.SH HISTORY
.PP
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
 based on docker.com source material and internal work.
June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit 
\[la]SvenDowideit@home.org.au\[ra]