nginx CLI command

http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html

"nginx -s [signal]"

$nginx -s stop         // fast shutdown
$nginx -s quit          // graceful shutdown
$nginx -s reload      // reloading the configuration files
$nginx -s reopen     // reopen the log files

//kill nginx process

$ ps -ax | grep nginx

21074 ??         0:00.00 nginx: master process nginx

21075 ??         0:00.00 nginx: worker process

21123 ttys000    0:00.01 grep nginx

$kill -s QUIT 21074

(kill master process)