This option allows the user to change which colums are displayed by giving comma or space separated list of column format specifiers. A column format specifier is of the form: `COLUMN_NAME[=COLUMN_TITLE]`. Where `COLUMN_NAME` is any of: uid, pid, ppid, pgid, sid, state, tty, or cmd. Specifying a `COLUMN_TITLE` will change the name shown in the column header. `COLUMN_TITLE` may be blank. If all given column titles are blank, the header is omitted.
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Name
ps - list currently running processes
Synopsis
$ ps [--version] [-a] [-A] [-e] [-f] [-o column-format] [-p pid-list] [--ppid pid-list] [-q pid-list] [-t tty-list] [-u user-list]
Description
Print a list of currently running processes in the current TTY. For each process, print its PID (process ID), to which TTY it belongs, and invoking commandline (CMD).
Options
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-a: Consider all processes that are associated with a TTY. -
-Aor-e: Consider all processes, not just those in the current TTY. -
-f: Also print for each process: UID (as resolved username), PPID (parent PID), and STATE (Runnable, Sleeping, Selecting, Reading, etc.) -
-o column-format: Specify a user-defined format, as a list of column format specifiers separated by commas or spaces.A column format specifier is of the form:
COLUMN_NAME[=COLUMN_TITLE]. WhereCOLUMN_NAMEis any of the following:uid,pid,ppid,pgid,sid,state,tty, orcmd.Specifying a
COLUMN_TITLEwill change the name shown in the column header.COLUMN_TITLEmay be blank. If all given column titles are blank, the column header is omitted. -
-p pid-list: Select processes matching any of the given PIDs.pid-listis a list of PIDs, separated by commas or spaces. -
--ppid pid-list: Select processes whose PPID matches any of the given PIDs.pid-listis a list of PIDs, separated by commas or spaces. -
-q pid-list: Only consider the given PIDs, if they exist. Output the processes in the order provided bypid-list.pid-listis a list of PIDs, separated by commas or spaces. -
-t tty-list: Select processes associated with any of the given terminals.tty-listis a list of short TTY names (e.g:pts:0) or the full TTY device paths, separated by commas or spaces. -
-u user-list: Select processes matching any of the given UIDs.user-listis a list of UIDs or login names, separated by commas or spaces.
Examples
Show all processes (full format):
$ ps -ef
Show the PID, state and name of all processes
$ ps -eo pid,state,cmd
Show the name and state of PID 42 and rename the first column from CMD to Command:
$ ps -q 42 -o cmd=Command,state
Show name of PID 42 and omit the header entirely
$ ps -q 42 -o cmd=