podman-kill

podman-kill(1) General Commands Manual podman-kill(1)

NAME

   podman-kill - Kill the main process in one or more containers

SYNOPSIS

   podman kill [options] [container ...]

   podman container kill [options] [container ...]

DESCRIPTION

   The main process inside each container specified is sent SIGKILL or any signal specified with the --signal option.

OPTIONS --all, -a

   Signal all running and paused containers.

--cidfile=file

   Read container ID from the specified file and kill the container.  Can be specified multiple times.

--latest, -l

   Instead  of  providing the container name or ID, use the last created container.  Note: the last started container can be from other users of Podman on the host machine.  (This option
   is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)

--signal, -s=signal

   Signal to send to the container. For more information on Linux signals, refer to signal(7).  The default is SIGKILL.

EXAMPLE

   Kill container with a given name:

   podman kill mywebserver

   Kill container with a given ID:

   podman kill 860a4b23

   Terminate container by sending TERM signal:

   podman kill --signal TERM 860a4b23

   Kill the latest container. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines):

   podman kill --latest

   Terminate all containers by sending KILL signal:

   podman kill --signal KILL -a

   Kill containers using ID specified in a given files:

   podman kill --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1
   podman kill --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1 --cidfile ./cidfile-2