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Eric Rosenberg 75f6674b11 Update kill.md
Added Note to show users that signals will not propagate to the container if the preferred exec form isn't used.

Signed-off-by: Eric Rosenberg <ehaydenr@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit c1a5ee53c19d62918f5ef245b5d2268fb9c89ca8)
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kill

Usage: docker kill [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Kill a running container using SIGKILL or a specified signal

  --help=false           Print usage
  -s, --signal="KILL"    Signal to send to the container

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 containers PID 1 and does not receive Unix signals.