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I have the PID stored in a file, namely test.pid.

How can I kill the background process with that PID file?

I have tried to use:  kill 'cat test.pid'  and kill {cat test.pid}.  But it
wouldn't work.  I am using bourne shell at the moment...

Can somebody help please.

:I have the PID stored in a file, namely test.pid.
:How can I kill the background process with that PID file?
:I have tried to use:
:kill 'cat test.pid'

% kill `cat test.pid`

Note that they're backticks not normal apostrophes.

:and kill {cat test.pid}.  But it
:wouldn't work.  I am using bourne shell at the moment...

Regards,
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wrong direction. ` not '