[ Thanks to Ken Guest
for this link. ]
“ps is the shortage for Process Status. The command should be
used to display the currently running processes on Unix/Linux
systems. If you know the ‘Task-Manager’ which pops up under Windows
NT/2000/XP when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL then you have a clue what ps
does under Unix/Linux. Ps can show you the running processes on
your system in different ways. I will describe the basic ones you
should know.“If you have a process which seems to hang (e.g. netscape
navigator on some buggy websites) and you want to stop the process,
then you can determine the process id of the process. Why do you
need the process id? You can stop the process with the help of the
‘kill’ command…”
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