Category Archives: Processes commands

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Starts a process with a custom priority. The default “nice level” is 0. Runs command with minimum priority (when noting else runs) nice -n 20 command Runs command with maximum priority nice -n -19 command

Parameter calls Top a certain process by PID top -p PID Top a certain user top -u user Runtime commands f choose fields listed o changes the display order O change the sort by column <> move sort field R … Continue reading →

Lists all processes unde the form of a tree Lists the structure in ASCII form (otherwise it’ll probably get listed in a nasty form) pstree -A By default the processes are listed in a compact form (i.e.: no threads). To … Continue reading →

Options -e show all proccesses -f full description -F extra full -u user list only processes belonging to user –forest lists processes as a tree structure -T show the threads with SPID -L show the threads with LWP/NLWP columns -C … Continue reading →

Listing processes after owner: pgrep -u `owner` Listing processes with a certain command name (name), long format pgrep -l List the oldest (and newest) process of the selected one pgrep -o name pgrep -n name