% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 2014

NAME

docker-kill - Kill a running container (send SIGKILL, or specified signal)

SYNOPSIS

docker kill --signal[="KILL"] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

-s, --signal="KILL" Signal to send to the container

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.io source material and internal work.