# `awsbkill`
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Cancels or terminates jobs submitted in the cluster.

```
awsbkill [-h] [-c {{CLUSTER}}] [-r {{REASON}}] {{job_ids}} [{{job_ids}} ... ]
```

## Positional Arguments
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**{{job\_ids}}**  
Specifies the space-separated list of job IDs to cancel or terminate.

## Named Arguments
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**-c {{CLUSTER}}, --cluster {{CLUSTER}}**  
Indicates the name of the cluster to use.

**-r {{REASON}}, --reason {{REASON}}**  
Indicates the message to attach to a job, explaining the reason for canceling it.  
Default: “Terminated by the user”