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Why is the "kill" command is called so?

Why was it had been decided to call the kill command "kill" actually? I

I mean, yes, this utility is more likelyoften used for terminatingto terminate processes, but it's actuallyit can actually be used to send any signal to process.

Isn't it slightly confusing? May be,Maybe there are some historical reasons.

All I know from man kill that this command appeared in Version 3 AT&T UNIX.

Why "kill" command is called so?

Why it had been decided to call kill command "kill" actually? I mean, yes, this utility is more likely used for terminating processes, but it's actually can be used to send any signal to process.

Isn't it slightly confusing? May be, there are some historical reasons.

All I know from man kill that this command appeared in Version 3 AT&T UNIX.

Why is the "kill" command called so?

Why was it decided to call the kill command "kill"?

I mean, yes, this utility is often used to terminate processes, but it can actually be used to send any signal.

Isn't it slightly confusing? Maybe there are some historical reasons.

All I know from man kill that this command appeared in Version 3 AT&T UNIX.

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Why "kill" command is called so?

Why it had been decided to call kill command "kill" actually? I mean, yes, this utility is more likely used for terminating processes, but it's actually can be used to send any signal to process.

Isn't it slightly confusing? May be, there are some historical reasons.

All I know from man kill that this command appeared in Version 3 AT&T UNIX.