tldr/pages/common/ps.md

# ps

> Information about running processes.

- 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`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00			`# ps`

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initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List all running processes:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
			`ps aux`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List all running processes including the full command string:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
			`ps auxww`
Added a grep use case to ps 2014-03-23 23:52:15 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Search for a process that matches a string:`
Added a grep use case to ps 2014-03-23 23:52:15 +00:00
			`ps aux \| grep {{string}}`
add examples for current user processes #fixes 1610 2017-11-23 11:53:54 +00:00
fix example description 2017-11-23 12:01:50 +00:00			`- List all processes of the current user in extra full format:`
add examples for current user processes #fixes 1610 2017-11-23 11:53:54 +00:00
user short option for `id` command 2017-11-24 12:04:02 +00:00			`ps --user $(id -u) -F`
add examples for current user processes #fixes 1610 2017-11-23 11:53:54 +00:00
amend based on the PR comments 2017-11-24 11:50:38 +00:00			`- List all processes of the current user as a tree:`
add examples for current user processes #fixes 1610 2017-11-23 11:53:54 +00:00
user short option for `id` command 2017-11-24 12:04:02 +00:00			`ps --user $(id -u) f`
ps: get the parent pid 2018-01-15 21:36:37 +00:00
Update ps.md 2018-01-15 21:51:45 +00:00			`- Get the parent pid of a process:`
ps: get the parent pid 2018-01-15 21:36:37 +00:00
			`ps -o ppid= -p {{pid}}`
ps: added sort example (#4216) 2020-07-28 15:34:12 +01:00
			`- Sort processes by memory consumption:`

			`ps --sort size`