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authorMisty Stanley-Jones <misty@apache.org>2017-04-03 16:54:34 -0700
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-04-03 16:54:34 -0700
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Merge pull request #32332 from mstanleyjones/1.13.x1.13.x
Cherry-pick command-line ref improvements
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-s, --signal string Signal to send to the container (default "KILL")
```
+## Description
+
The main process inside the container will be sent `SIGKILL`, or any
signal specified with option `--signal`.
-> **Note:**
-> `ENTRYPOINT` and `CMD` in the *shell* form run as a subcommand of `/bin/sh -c`,
-> which does not pass signals. This means that the executable is not the container’s PID 1
-> and does not receive Unix signals.
+> **Note**: `ENTRYPOINT` and `CMD` in the *shell* form run as a subcommand of
+> `/bin/sh -c`, which does not pass signals. This means that the executable is
+> not the container’s PID 1 and does not receive Unix signals.