What is the command to kill Zombie processes ?

1.	What is the command to kill Zombie processes ?
Answer» As zombie processes are already DEAD , the user Cannot kill something which is already dead. Execute the below command : kill -s SIGCHLD PID Replace the pid with Parent PROCESS ID, so that parent process will remove all the CHILD processes that are dead.

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As zombie processes are already DEAD , the user Cannot kill something which is already dead.

Execute the below command :

kill -s SIGCHLD PID

Replace the pid with Parent PROCESS ID, so that parent process will remove all the CHILD processes that are dead.

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