What this snippet does
Plain kill sends SIGTERM, which lets the process shut down cleanly.
Expected output
stopped
Why practise typing this
Typing processes code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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