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ps

The ps utility displays a header line, followed by lines containing information about all of your processes that have controlling terminals.

List of commands for ps:

- ps
fzf:tldr:baa1d fzf: Start fzf for running processes.

$ ps aux | fzf

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linux:process:check:running Check if a given process is running.

$ ps aux | grep ${process_name}

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peco:tldr:12c71 peco: Start peco for running processes.

$ ps aux | peco

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ps:tldr:37b43 ps: Get the parent PID of a process.

$ ps -o ppid= -p ${pid}

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ps:tldr:40891 ps: Sort processes by memory consumption.

$ ps --sort size

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ps:tldr:43f3d ps: List all running processes.

$ ps aux

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ps:tldr:8fd94 ps: List all processes of the current user in extra full format.

$ ps --user $(id -u) -F

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ps:tldr:ac958 ps: List all processes of the current user as a tree.

$ ps --user $(id -u) f

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ps:tldr:e29b5 ps: List all running processes including the full command string.

$ ps auxww

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sk:tldr:11300 sk: Start skim for running processes.

$ ps aux | sk

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system:processes:list Lists all processes running on the system in a detailed format.

$ ps -aux

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