Why number 9 in kill -9 command in unix? [closed]

Answer 1

The -9 is the signal_number, and specifies that the kill message sent should be of the KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable) type.

kill -9 pid

Which is same as below.

kill -SIGKILL pid

Without specifying a signal_number the default is -15, which is TERM (software termination signal). Typing kill is the same as kill -15 .