Subject: Re: [Fwd: [TechRepublic] Monitor processes with ps]
bryan@ak.net
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 21:49:20 AKDT
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 04:25:33PM -0800, AIDEA <mbarsalou@aidea.org> wrote:
>
> Here is some good info on the ps command.
>
> MONITOR PROCESSES WITH PS
>
> Linux offers you the ability to see exactly what's happening on your
> system with the ps command. With ps, you can see what programs are running,
> what their process IDs are, who started the programs, how long they've
> been running, etc.
Here's a little more info:
The ps command has many more options besides a, u, and x. In fact,
there are two groups of single-letter options, some that use a hyphen
(-) and some that don't. They come from two different historical
lineages. And here's the fun part -- in Linux's version of ps, you
can use them together! For example, the command 'ps -f f' will show
a full listing (-f) with a process "family tree" (f).
There are also a couple options longer than a single letter. 'ps --help'
will show you a helpful one-screen summary. For the more curious,
'man ps' is the place to go.
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