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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 | 16 |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 b/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 index 6b633a6..d0a29f5 100644 --- a/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 +++ b/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 @@ -171,6 +171,22 @@ This option is valid only when given as the first argument to .Nm pkill . .El .Pp +If any +.Ar pattern +operands are specified, they are used as regular expressions to match +the command name or full argument list of each process. +If the +.Fl f +option is not specified, then the +.Ar pattern +will attempt to match the command name. +However, presently +.Fx +will only keep track of the first 19 characters of the command +name for each process. +Attempts to match any characters after the first 19 of a command name +will quietly fail. +.Pp Note that a running .Nm pgrep or |
