ps

Information about running processes. More information: <https://manned.org/ps>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/ps.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install procps-ng
Ubuntu
apt-get install procps-ng
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S procps-ng
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install procps-ng
CentOS
yum install procps-ng
Fedora
dnf install procps-ng
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install procps-ng
Raspbian
apt-get install procps-ng

Information about running processes. More information: <https://manned.org/ps>.

  • List all running processes:
    ps aux
  • List all running processes including the full command string:
    ps auxww
  • Search for a process that matches a string:
    ps aux | grep string
  • List all processes of the current user in extra full format:
    ps --user $(id -u) -F
  • List all processes of the current user as a tree:
    ps --user $(id -u) f
  • Get the parent PID of a process:
    ps -o ppid= -p pid
  • Sort processes by memory consumption:
    ps --sort size

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