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Bash Process Status (ps)

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Summary

The ps command displays a list of processes running along with PID and status. With the aux or -ef option you see the entire process in the system, whereas the argumentless ps only displays the process in that terminal session. PID information from the ps is used as the kill command input.

Key points

PS displays process snapshots while running
PS aux uses the BSD format
Ps-ef is using the System V format
Mixed with grep to find a specific process

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