kill
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NAME
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kill - Cancel or abort a background task

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'ssh' -p <port> <host> 'kill' <ID> ...

DESCRIPTION
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Cancels a scheduled task from the queue.  If the task has already
been started, requests for the task to cancel as soon as it reaches
its next cancellation point (which is usually blocking IO).

ACCESS
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Caller must be a member of the privileged 'Administrators' group,
or have been granted the 'Kill Task' global capability.

SCRIPTING
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Intended for interactive use only.

GERRIT
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