Ps usage
From raju
sample commands
- Display all processes
ps -fe | less
- Display processes of some users
ps -fu user1,user2 | less
- Show process by command name
If you know the exact command
ps -fC command
If you do not know the exact command
ps -fe | grep pattern
- Sort processes
ps -ef --sort=-pcpu,+pmem
- indicates descending, + indicates ascending sort order.
ps -Ao user,uid,comm,pid,pcpu,etime,tty --sort=-pcpu | head -n 6
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