I use the numbers but I think it stems from the days when kill didn't take
the names. It's easier for me to remember -1 and -9 than to remember what
the mnemonics are.
-----Original Message-----
From: TUHS <tuhs-bounces(a)minnie.tuhs.org> On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 6:04 PM
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs(a)tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Cryptic Unix Commands
On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Warren Toomey wrote:
This reminded me of other semi-cryptic commands.
I remember mistyping
"kill -1 1" as "kill -9 1" with the inevitable consequences.
Hands up all those who have *not* done that...
-- Dave