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TIL that > uutils read it as “send the default signal to PID -1”, which on Linux means every process you can see. What's the use case for killing all process

TIL that > uutils read it as “send the default signal to PID -1”, which on Linux means every process you can see. What's the use case for killing all process you can see?

geocar 6mo ago
kill -SIGWINCH -1 will redraw all your windows.
Arch-TK 6mo ago
Many cases, including as a last resort as part of shutdown, to try to trigger remaining services into a graceful exit (although these days cgroups help avoid ever being in such a situation).